Andre Yoskowitz
27 Jul 2011 0:43
Western Digital has announced it will launch two new Velociraptor HDDs, offering 10,000rpm speeds to users who may not be ready to jump on the SSD bandwagon.
The 5th generation drives, released last year in 450GB and 600GB varieties, will now be available in 150GB and 300GB models.
Each drive will have native SATA 6Gbps support and 32MB of cache, replacing the older SATA II interface and 16MB cache.
Despite being HDD tech, the drives are still not too cheap, with the 150GB model starting at €120 ($175 USD) and the 300GB model at €144 ($210 USD).
The drives are available at a few retailers with greater availability in the next few weeks.