FiringSquad: Home of the Hardcore Gamer - Games, Hardware, Reviews and NewsSubmit your own or view users' CPU overclocking results!

  
 Home   News   THE MATRIX   Deals   Hardware   Games   Features   Media   Products   Forums   FS China 
AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Home : Products : Hardware : Hard Drives: SATA : 10,000 RPM : WD Raptor 74GB SATA HD (WD740GD)
» Join the Greatest Gaming Community NOW! (It's free)

Already a member? Login
 


Random Gallery >> 
Click to view high-res Image!
Left 4 Dead 2 Dark Carnival Screenshots PAX 09 [6] (0)

 Latest Galleries
STALKER: Call of Pripyat DirectX 10 vs DirectX 11 Screenshots [10] (3)
Left 4 Dead 2 Dark Carnival Screenshots PAX 09 [6] (0)
RAGE SIGGRAPH 2009 Screenshots [7] (0)
Max Payne 3 June 2009 Screenshots [6] (5)
X-men Origins: Wolverine Review [33] (0)
Zeno Clash Review [32] (0)
NY Comic Con 2009 Pictures [103] (0)
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. Review [21] (0)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Review [45] (0)
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Review [20] (0)
All Galleries >>

What is so cool about Gigabyte’s Ultra-Durable 3 technology (0) by SuperCharge
Athlon Overclocking (For Reference) (1) by email_atif
Bioshock: The Brutally Honest Review [Preliminary #2] (8) by Swatt
Fury - The PvP Exclusive MMO? (3) by imoish
Meditation of a Tyranid (0) by Aftermath
An EVGA Collage (0) by Samuel71
Overclocking: The Basics (2) by slugbug
A Truely "Epic" Game: Unreal Tournament 3 Review (4) by Discobiscuits
DoW II 5-7-5, and the Limerick (1) by jarrodthome
The Bland Addiction: World of Warcraft (17) by Discobiscuits

More Blogs >>




WD Raptor 74GB SATA HD (WD740GD)
January 19, 2004
Product InfoFiringSquad ArticleWeb Reviews+User ReviewImage GalleryDiscuss

Description:
WD Raptor is a new class of hard drive that matches SCSI reliability and performance while providing simplified connectivity for less cost than Parallel SCSI drives.

Specifications
Rotational Speed 10,000 RPM (nominal)
Buffer Size 8 MB
Average Latency 2.99 ms (nominal)
Contact Start/Stop Cycles 20,000 minimum

Seek Times (Average)
Read Seek Time (Average) 4.5 ms
Write Seek Time (Average) 5.9 ms (average)
Track-To-Track Seek Time 0.6 ms (average)
Full Stroke Seek 10.2 ms (average)

Transfer Rates
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 1,200 Mbits/s (Max)
Buffer To Disk 816 Mbits/s (Max)
General
Number of Heads (Physical) 2

Formatted Capacity 74,356 MB
Capacity 74 GB
Interface ESATA
Actuator Type Rotary Voice Coil
Number of Platters 2
Bytes Per Sector 512
User Sectors Per Drive 145,226,112
Servo Type Embedded

Height (English) 1.028 Inches (Max)
Length (English) 5.787 Inches (Max)
Width (English) 4.00 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch)
Weight (English) 1.60 Pounds (+/- 0.14 pounds)
Metric
Height (Metric) 25.4 mm (Max)
Length (Metric) 147 mm (Max)
Width (Metric) 101.6 mm
Weigh.......

(Read Entire Description)



ADVERTISEMENT
• ADD+ WEBSITE REVIEW
1 Web Review(s) Available >>
  90% Avg. 
Avg. 1 Rating(s)
Read Full Review!

9/10:
Simply put, this is THE harddrive to get for performance enthusiasts who still want ample storage space, just don't expect to pick it up for cheap. --[HardAvenue]


Info Box >>
Manufacturer:
Western DigitalOfficial Website ]

Hardware Type:
Hard Drives: SATA

Hardware Sub-Type:
10,000 RPM

Official Product Info: • Go to Website

No user reviews yet, click here to add the first review!
*Note: All products descriptions including copy and images are the property of their respective owners.


0 User Comment(s) • 0 root comment(s)

POST A COMMENT

» Note: You need to be logged in to write a comment!

Login here, or if you don't have an account with FiringSquad, register here, it's FREE!



 Rate This Product!
What's This?User Review Average
Average User Product Rating  N/A [ 0 Review(s) ]







What's This?

 Product Search
Don't see it? Submit it!
All Games | Hardware

 Latest Reviews
» Biostar P4SFA (99%)
   EMRE Talk to EMRE in the Shout Box
» Advueu ADV1901B Black 19'' (80%)
   redrobin_2000 Talk to redrobin_2000 in the Shout Box
» BenQ x805 Wireless Desktop Companion Pro (90%)
   Hurricane_Harold Talk to Hurricane_Harold in the Shout Box
» Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 (2.0GHz) (100%)
   wiggy420 Talk to wiggy420 in the Shout Box
» ECS L4IPEA2 V1.1 (100%)
   SYLVER Talk to SYLVER in the Shout Box
» Biostar P4VTG v7.x (26%)
   razasa Talk to razasa in the Shout Box
» Vison FV151 (30%)
   stevecox Talk to stevecox in the Shout Box
» MSI K9N4 SLI-F (99%)
   Tomana Talk to Tomana in the Shout Box
» ASUS P4T533 (88%)
   Droniac Talk to Droniac in the Shout Box
» Iwill KK400 (83%)
   bw_gtown Talk to bw_gtown in the Shout Box



 Submit a Review
Want to write a review for a game? Click here!
Want to write a review for hardware? Click here!

FiringSquad is powered by... Back to Top Site MapContact UsAdvertise With Us Privacy StatementAbout Us  
News RSSSiteseeing RSSArticle RSS   © 1998-2009 FS Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved