With the release of the Raptor 150, its brothers,
aka Raptor 74 and 36 GB were not interesting anymore with their lower performance.
Western Digital has decided to update its entry level models to align them with its recently released Raptor 150.
following features are added:
- Larger cache from 8 to 16 MB.
- NCQ (Native Command Queuing) is now supported. Allowing feaster transfer and disk access if the SATA controller supports this technology.
- Cache data speed improved: from 72 to 84MB/s
- HS access timing reduced by 0.1ms
- noise level improved from 32 to 29 dB.
Reminder: our article concerning the test of the Raptor 150 :
here