A Closer Look:
Thermal Image:
Because the Western Digital VelociRaptor is a 2.5″ drive encompassed in a 3.5″ IcePAK heatsink, it does not overheat very easily. Below is the thermal image provided by Western Digital:
You’ll notice that the drive stays around 50-57 degrees Celsius. This is good for a drive, and should not get too hot, or it could destroy the fragile drive.
lol, be my guest.
…You have the only new model…
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Yes Dan(s). You’ll even notice this uses the old IcePak. They are great drives though!
I wonder if the new ice pack, firmware, etc provide any substantial improvements in performance. Any chance we could compare this one to the new model?
I am suprised about the timing of this review. These drives have been out for quite some time. I have been running a pair of them in RAID 0 for about 6 months with the Win 7 Beta and now the Win 7 RC. The performance and stability is amazing!
This was more of a transfer of the review from our old site. It was actually the old model. We wanted to move it over so that we could reference it in an upcoming review.