[kpop012]

I'm thinking of getting one for my main drive. The idea of SATA and 10k rpm makes me wanna crap in my pants. Anyhow I was wondering exactly how loud and hot they get at their maximum. Can anyone give me a better idea about the raptor? BTW I'm thinking of getting the 74gb one... The 150gb one is way too expensive.

[Adionik]

I know someone who has 2, 150 raptors.

Haha.

I have a 7200 SATA2 16mb cache hdd. I wonder how much faster a raptor is...

[CatGoesMeow]

the 150 seems to be quieter then the 74 gigers. Heat shouldnt be an issue just have dont leave it crapped next to a corner wth hole bunch of ide ribbons etc. any generic case should be fine. (with decent airflow)

[dot1q]

Unless you have heavy hard disk usage (any app or task that constantly reads/writes large amounts of data), you're not going to perceive much of a difference, if any. Even so, the perceived increase in performance is hardly anything to make you wanna crap in your pants. I have a pair of them myself and I'm not saying they're useless. I'm just saying they're not as exciting as you seem to be about them.. xP

[boka]

i had a 74 GB in my old system and a 36 GB in my current one...

it generates a fair amount of heat - it can get too hot to touch if you have no airflow in your case, but with a fan next to them they're luke-warm at most

there's a slight increase in speed, it's far from obvious though... nothing to soil yourself over...