Adding raptor internal drive to macpro. Opinions?

Hello everybody,
I am thinking of adding a Western Digital Raptor:
WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM
16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
to my macpro. Based on the newegg website, most customers are satisfied. There are few though not too happy about it. Same deal in mac forums. And you? your opinion?
another question: I am definitely adding 2 more gb. Does it matter if I install the ram prior to raptor?
3) Did you zero out raptor before installing OS 10?
I would greatly appreciate anyone feedback. thank you
sandrine.
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: Mac Pro
Machine Model: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
MAC PRO Mac OS X (10.4.8)

There are plenty of fans outs there for the Raptors and while I've never owned one myself you should do well with one. Ultimately, with every drive you'll find those that love them and those that hate them so there's nothing new there. The Raptors are an enterprise drive and have a good reliability record so why not.
One thing to keep in mind is that the Raptor does haev WD's TLER functionality so in an error recovery scenario it is more likely to lose data that a drive with a standard or even compressed error recovery. These are designed for RAID.
As for installing RAM before Raptor, there's no problem with doing either in any order you like. One won't affect the other.
Yes, zero the drive before using it. I zero all of my drives before using them and find that I'd rather it have a problem with that process than with my data. It also give you an opportunity to see if it's writing correctly. The Raptor should zero in 30 minutes or less.
PS I've noticed you put your hardware overview in all of your posts. It would be simpler if you just added the important bits into your system profile which can be done in the "My Settings" link on the right (Computer Model and Other Computer Information fields). That way it'll be in all of your posts without you having to do anything. To be honest, the only information there that's of any use is your processor speed and RAM. Everything else there is the same as everyone else's Mac Pro.

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