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Formatting the drive took much longer than I expected, but I had to use Windows XP's formatting utility and it's not exactly speedy. Actual installation went by in about 20 minutes. Boot-up speed is phenomenal: this drive trumps my IBM 15K SCSI, which is really something. I boot up with no small amount of programs, too: even with NAV, ZoneAlarm, and ATI MMC, the time between startup and my desktop is about 30 seconds. The Windows XP splash screen blinks at me--the bar doesn't even have time to do one full cycle before I'm staring at the logon box. The drive feels speedy, too: loading programs is instantaneous. Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to load any games, but when I install Final Fantasy XI, I'll let everyone know. But now for the real treat.

Guys, this drive is silent. The people here weren't kidding: I'm running the stock HSF, four coolermaster 80mm (relatively quiet--I think they're at 15db? Maybe 20?), an Antec TruePower 480. and an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and I cannot hear this drive spin up. This was with an [i]open case[i]. I thought I hadn't installed it properly, so I went into BIOS and there it was, staring back at me. Its seek times are very hollow and low: they are audible, but my case is still open. I have a feeling that once I close it, I'm not going to be able to make the sound out. I did a temperature check after closing the tower and the temperature difference was negligable--although this may be because I have a lot of quiet cooling.

I don't know how reliable this drive will be, but so far I am extremely impressed by it, especially its acoustics. I was worried I'd be dealing with another buzzsaw-seek drive, but this is unbelievably quiet. It's got my thumbs up.


S tema dvouma systemama problem mit nebudes, jedina vec ktera je u vsech disku stejna je nejvyssi rychost na zacatku a "pomala" na jeho konci. Jenze v tomhle Raptor II vynika a rychlost na konci disku je excelentni, skoro jako maj 15 000 RPM SCSI disky...Jinak ve vetsine testech je rychlejsi jak 10 000 RPM SCSI disky, v par slape na paty 15 000 RPM SCSI diskum .)