Western Digital WD4500HLHX

Product guide for Western Digital 450 GB VelociRaptor SATA 6 Gb/s 10,000 RPM 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Enterprise Hard Drive - WD4500HLHX Western Digital WD4500HLHX NoTouch ramp load technology - The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit The PC enthusiasts favorite 10,000 RPM hard drive is still the fastest, most dangerous carnivore around - now with an ultra-fast 32 MB cache and SATA 6 Gb/s interface and twice the capacity of previous generations With 1.4 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high capacity SATA drive Monstrous capacity - Capacities up to 600 GB, double the capacity of the previous generation. Rock-solid reliability - With 1.4 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high capacity SATA drive. ... More details »

Western Digital WD4500HLHX Review: Pros: Super quiet, easy to install. Simple.Cons: Using it on a motherboard (ASUS Crosshair IV Extreme) that supports 6gb SATA. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to take advantage of the 6gb SATA speeds. Performance does not appear to have improved and I don't know how to tell if it is performing at the rated 6gb speeds. The Microsoft System Performance Index still rates drive performance as 5.6, the same as it was under the previous 7200 rpm 3gb SATA drive. This makes me ... Read more »

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