Some of you will take one look at this drive, see that it offers 80GB of space for $85, and conclude that we’re trying to rip you off. That’s fine. Run along, now. This Western Digital Raptor SATA Hard Drive isn’t for you. Come back later, when we’re selling a remote-control car or something.

OK, now that those losers are gone, you’re in for a treat: Western Digital originally intended these 10,000 RPM Raptor enterprise-class hard drives for use in servers and whatnot. But techy civilians got ahold of them, and word quickly spread about their superior speed and performance. Their 8 MB buffer is a nifty complement to the aforementioned spindle whipping around at a blinding 10,000RPM. You might not be overly impressed with the 80GB storage space, but it’s the perfect boot drive to go with your bigger storage drive – a work-in-front, party-in-back setup we call “the mullet system.”

Since there are so many shortsighted chumps out there who only think in terms of cents-per-GB, a savvy type like you can scoop up this Western Digital Raptor 80GB SATA Hard Drive at a price that’ll make your head spin. But not at 10,000 RPM, unless you happen to have an enterprise-class head.

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