What Is The Fastest Hard Drive For a Home Computer?
Solid-state drives are generating a lot of buzz, but the good old-fashioned magnetic platter hard drive is still what most people have in their desktop and laptop computers. When most consumers ask, “What is the fastest hard drive?” they mean a traditional magnetic hard drive. Surprisingly, given the highly technical blather surrounding hard drives, there is a pretty clear consensus on this question.
Professional reviewers, gaming enthusiasts, and other people in the know generally recommend the Western Digital Velociraptor family of hard drives as the “fastest” just about any way you care to measure speed. The Velociraptor stands alone in several categories.
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This excerpt is shared with permission from Bob Rankin.
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