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Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Sat, 27 May 2000 17:47:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Wilkins writes:
> See, the promary reason I'm squarely on the SCSI side of this debate is that
> I've been a Mac dude for years; I've got piles of old SCSI drives lying
Kinda funny that a Mac person would still be squarely on the SCSI side of
things since it has been a _long_ time since Macs have come standard with
anything but IDE drives. :)
> around. Everytime I build a new (PC) box, I tend to use an inexpensive SCSI
> controller, and one or two of the drives I already own.
Yep, and there are inexpensive controllers to be had. I just bought a new
Tekram SCSI-2 controller for $37 because I wanted to convert an old 233 to
full-time burning and CD copying. Slapped the $37 card in and the Plextor
4/2/20 RW and Pioneer 6X DVD I had laying around and made myself a dedicated
burning / backup machine.
> If I had to go out and
> buy these drives new, heck no I wouldn't go SCSI! The differences between the
> two formats with respect to what I use the computers for is so slight as to
> not warrant any discussion.
Yup, same here. And same with most folks.
> But on the other hand, the part of me that makes me drool over souped-up cars
> is the same part that tells me that I _have_ to put Ultra2LVD 7200 RPM drives
> into the Athlon 1Gig system I'm building. *smirk* Not doing so would be akin
You can, but you'll still be wasting the money. ;) $289 for an 18gb IBM
drive (x2?) and at least $150 for a controller (Tekram 390U2W) for a total of
$728 versus $187 for a 36gb 7200 rpm ATA66 drive. I'd take that $541
difference and put it towards a 21" monitor. :) But to each his own.
> to building a 67 Camaro Super Stock dragster, and settling for cheap wheels
> and tires (not really, but there is some comparison...)
Not into cars myself. I'd be happy to live in a place like NYC that didn't
force me to have a car. Just not NYC.
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| See, the promary reason I'm squarely on the SCSI side of this debate is that I've been a Mac dude for years; I've got piles of old SCSI drives lying around. Everytime I build a new (PC) box, I tend to use an inexpensive SCSI controller, and one or (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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