The high performance capabilities of Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives were validated recently, when WD Raptor 10,000 RPM SATA drives from Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) outperformed 10,000 and 15,000RPM SCSI drives from two competitors in separate independent, head-to-head comparison tests conducted by and published in the June issue of Maximum PC magazine and the upcoming July issue of CustomPC magazine (UK).
“Going into this test, we thought Western Digital’s 10K WD Raptor would hold its own; instead it actually dominated,” said Maximum PC staff. “(WD Raptor) ate a couple of SCSI drives for lunch! Point,set, and match to the Serial ATA camp.”
