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Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 26 May 2000 15:32:46 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.orgSTOPSPAM
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Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
> 36gb hd. $540 versus the $160 or so I paid for my ATA66 drive. To give me,
> as a gamer, probably no measurable performance increase. That $400+ will be
> better spent on a GeForce 2 or maybe towards a 21" monitor.
Probably true for gamers, and certainly for someone who just wants to browse
the web / do office stuff. People just shouldn't say that IDE performs as
well as SCSI without some serious clarification. It reminds me of a computer
expert friend of my dad's who told me when I was in jr. high that I didn't
really need the power of a 286. :)
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Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
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| (...) Ok, I'll be a little clearer. For the vast majority of people, and that's including ME, and I own more computers that I use for more purposes than probably 99% of the computer owning population - everything from gaming to web serving to mp3 (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM?
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| (...) Maybe if you're gaming on a crappy machine. I love these "SCSI vs IDE" talks. I own and use systems with both. The _only_ times I notice the differences are when I'm copying gigantic amounts of data from one drive to another. And I mean (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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