> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark Rode
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 6:13 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] SATA II - SATA 150 compatibility
>
> At 04:07 PM 8/4/2005, you wrote:
> >My motherboard supports SATA II, but I want to find a hard
> drive that runs
> >at 10000 rpm.  Are there any SATA II hard drives out there
> that run at
> >10000 rpm?  If not, can I use a SATA 150 hard drive instead?
>
> Western Digital Raptor runs at 10000 RPM, and has a SATA II version,
> although you will never notice the difference between SATA I,
> and SATA II,
> unless maybe you are running a very heavily accessed file server.
>
> Rode
> The NOSPIN Group
> http://www.freepctech.com/rode/
>


I beg to differ, but unless it is a new release I can't find anywhere, the
Raptors are SATA I/150 interface drives. Western Digital does sell some SATA
II Caviar drives, but they are 7200rpm, not 10000 rpm drives. Let me know
where you found SATA II Raptors. I'm in the  market.

Jim Maki
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