whats faster? ultraata or scsi?
This is a discussion about whats faster? ultraata or scsi? in the Windows Hardware category; greetings- just wondering if someone could confirm for me: which is faster, the latest/greatest ultra ata or latest/greatest scsi? and this is for a game PC, not a server or anything. thanks cheers uglyb0b.
greetings-
just wondering if someone could confirm for me: which is faster, the latest/greatest ultra ata or latest/greatest scsi? and this is for a game PC, not a server or anything. thanks
cheers
uglyb0b
just wondering if someone could confirm for me: which is faster, the latest/greatest ultra ata or latest/greatest scsi? and this is for a game PC, not a server or anything. thanks
cheers
uglyb0b
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APK,
>>* "Accept NO substitute" as the saying goes... nothing, even comes close to this disk!
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How about SSD (Solid State Disks)?
>>* "Accept NO substitute" as the saying goes... nothing, even comes close to this disk!
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How about SSD (Solid State Disks)?
While, yes, SCSI is faster, do you really need SCSI?
If you need the fastest, I hope you have deep pockets sir. Cheap and SCSI aren't words I'd usually use in reference to hard drives.
Let's put it this way: I just got a pair of IBM 60GXP 40GB 7200RPM ATA100 drives for $190 + shipping. You try to get SCSI for that price.
I'm not discouraging SCSI, but for gaming I don't know if that's necessary. If you have the money, hell yeah! GO FOR IT!!!!!
If you need the fastest, I hope you have deep pockets sir. Cheap and SCSI aren't words I'd usually use in reference to hard drives.
Let's put it this way: I just got a pair of IBM 60GXP 40GB 7200RPM ATA100 drives for $190 + shipping. You try to get SCSI for that price.
I'm not discouraging SCSI, but for gaming I don't know if that's necessary. If you have the money, hell yeah! GO FOR IT!!!!!
SCSI eats less CPU cycles, that's for sure. But Im sorry, I wouldn't spend my money on SCSI.
SCSI isn't about speed, its about bandwidth. For a games machine go IDE - its more then enough.
True, SCSI is really intended for intense bandwidth and less CPU usage ideal for high class workstations. You can get more space and more than 1 hard disk than the price of 1 SCSI drive + controller. Its a really expensive option.
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thats pretty much what i thought. a friend was just telling me that he was gonna get a SCSI machine (which would be a gaming machine), and I told him to just stick w/ata.
for servers, however, thats a different story...
thanks for all the replies!
for servers, however, thats a different story...
thanks for all the replies!
Mmmm:D 2 of them in RAID 0. Do you know how much crap you could store on that.
Do you know I have yet to fill up a 20GB hard drive, yet I have way more than that on both machines?
Do you know I have yet to fill up a 20GB hard drive, yet I have way more than that on both machines?
