About three months ago Western Digital has presented a new version of the Raptor family, choosing an opportunity for a name change in velociraptor, to further emphasize the potential in terms. We recall that Western Digital is the only company to have on their lists SATA drives with a rotor 10,000 rpm, for both the world of servers for those who were in search of maximum performance on your home PC, thanks precisely to SATA.

At the time of submission unity velociraptor appeared somewhat bizarre, since it was made up of two parts: the disc itself, with form factor very close to that 2.5-inch, inserted itself into a large passive heat sink, which led In those dimensions to those of the 3.5-inch classics.

It ‘just sinks in the absence of this that distinguishes the new series announced in recent days. The disk now appears almost like a normal 2.5 inches, to be hosted in servers and blade servers. Western Digital, in any case, shut off the enthusiasm of those who already thought of using the drive inside your laptop: the disc does not meet standard in thickness to classics, but is somewhat ‘higher, that would not traditional slot in the dock for notebooks.

The new velociraptor will be shipped with cuts from 150GB and 300GB .