Western Digital’s Raptor X hard drive

ALTHOUGH WESTERN DIGITAL’S 10K-RPM Raptor Serial ATA hard drives were originally intended for enterprise-class workstations and servers, enthusiasts were quick to employ them in personal desktop systems and gaming rigs. Marketing types tend to freak out when enthusiasts show such blatant disregard for artificial product segmentation, but Western Digital took it in stride. In fact, the company has even cooked up something special for the enthusiast community with the latest Raptor refresh.

It’s great to see companies actually developing for enthusiasts. The HDD even includes a window, but I am not sure how useful that would be unless you mounted it in plain site. If you want it, it will set you back $350 for a 150GB. Check out the full in-depth article at Tech Report.