hard drive evolution?

[Fuzz]

I know the Max 10's are the second fastest after the rap. but why havnt any newer drives come out?

I thought the new SATA 2 Samsung Spinpoints where the second fastest HD's on the market. Even then the Raptors are meant to be only a bit faster then them.

[Butcher]

TiG,
Glad to m be able to make you laugh! Have you really checked the price of drives?
For approx 80Gb: SATA £30, Raptor £100; SCSI £250 - don't forget to double the amounts for a RAID striping setup. And as you say that doesn't consider the SCSI controller cost - I've no idea what to look for, as my SCSI controller came with my 9Gb SCSI drive from Ebay - I just wantd to tick the "done SCSI" box. Presumably mobos with SCSI on are still for file servers and not very well packed with game features.
Cheers
snedger

You need to find a better SCSI supplier if they're charging £250.
A brief glance down scan's SCSI page shows a 74G 10k SCSI disk at £91+VAT. That's pretty comparable with a raptor if you ask me.
Obviously 15k is going to be more, but still only looking at about £200 for a 74G disk.