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• WD1500AD Raptor X-Tends Performance Lead*
  Monday 6 February 2006 – 06:59
  In its new 10,000 RPM Raptor drive, Western Digital improved the technology, doubled the capacity to 150 GB, and added a clear cover option. It hammers single drive competitors, of course, but can it stand up to a RAID 0 setup consisting of two 7,200 RPM drives?
• WD's Raptor And Nvidia G80 Don't Play Nice With Vista*
  Monday 25 June 2007 – 12:22
  The Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD is one of the fastest hard drives in the world, and Nvidia's G80 among the top graphics cards on the market. They are also among of the pieces of kit which we have discovered do not run well with Windows Vista at all.
• Cheap RAID Ravages WD Raptor*
  Monday 12 March 2007 – 02:08
  A quick hard drive such as Western Digital's Raptor noticeably accelerates your PC, but is it still the best choice for enthusiasts?
• Smart Hard Drives: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 and Western Digital WD740 Raptor*
  Friday 23 January 2004 – 06:00
  The serial ATA interface is enhanced with a feature from SCSI: Native Command Queuing. Seagate's 7200.7 is the only native SATA interface commercially available, while Western Digital intends to accommodate the low-end server market with its new 74 GB Raptor.
• SATA Hard Drive with a Kick: Western Digital's Raptor Put to the Test*
  Thursday 1 May 2003 – 07:00
  Although it only serves up a meager 36 GB, it offers a lot more than you'd normally expect from an IDE hard disk drive. The Raptor, alias WD360 is a new hard disk drive that is attracting considerable attention to itself due to two major new features: it spins at 10,000 rpm and comes complete with Serial ATA. The highlight: it's supposed to be good enough to stand up against SCSI in the lower and middle server segment. Our test demonstrates whether this really stacks up.