The SCSI purists?Opinion?

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So, now that I have a fast SCSI HDD, for what reason might
I also want SCSI cd-rom and burner drives? I see many threads where that seems to be desireable to some but if I already own good, fast IDE cd-rom and burner, why bother replacing it just to have them SCSI?
My cd-rom drive is a Kenwood true 72X and the burner is a Plexwriter 12/10/32A, both fast enough for what I need them for.
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Post by LikeLinus »

If they are fast enough for your needs, you arent burning coasters, and it reads cds fast enough, DONT CHANGE! SCSI is sweet for the access times and save/write times. No need to spend money on something you dont even really want or need. I'd keep what you have, awesome combo.
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Post by Biohazard »

scsi tends to be more stable and more reliable. I had a 1 in 3 coaster ratio with IDE. Scsi has got that down to a 1 to 100.

Not to mention paired with a scsi dvd and cdrom drive, I can watch a movie while copying a cd.
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That plexwriter has "burnproof technology" and hasn't made one coaster yet. Burns a music CD directly in less than 10 minutes.
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For what your doing now Evil, I would keep your setup; however, when it craps out, then switch to SCSI. I'm opposite of you. I have an IDE hard drive, but both my CD-ROMS are Plextor SCSI and I love this setup. I can burn on the fly with no problems (cd to cd). You can do it with IDE, but you take more of a risk in making a coster. I also like SCSI because of the quality. They are just made better than IDE.
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Post by damien6 »

If you're satisfied w/your setup then obviously there's no need for an upgrade, since you already own those other peripherals.

If you were starting from ground up and was thinking about going scsi but didn't have any scsi peripherals or the peripherals that you already had weren't up to the tasks for your needs then, I would of said to get everything scsi. But for minor upgrades since everything else serves your needs, then go w/ what's the most economically sound at that moment. I say this because aside from scsi card/scsi hard drives, there aren't all that big of a gap between scsi and IDE peripherals. It's an another thing all together to buy the same things that you already have just to switch to that interface, for the sake of switching to that interface. If you have $$ to burn then disregard all else and do what you want to do.
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With the Kenwood true 72X and the burner is a Plexwriter 12/10/32A ? Keep'em, who needs to worry about coasters anymore with burnproof technologie ?

I agree with Executioner, keep as is right now and replace with SCSI when stuff dies on you.

How ya like yer new and shiny "fast SCSI HDD" ?
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Post by Darkheart »

Burn Proof is now available supporting most drives and has made the difference between SCSI & IDE much smaller as you are not so dependant on the quality of the drive.

B4 you needed "first time, every time" writes which is what drew people to SCSI with burn proof it doesn't really matter now.

I'd keep using it until you feel necessary to change. I'm still using my 6X burner that I bought 18 months ago as I don't feel that 14 minutes is too long for the amount of burning that I do, gotta admit some of the 12X or 16X burners are starting to look tempting now though.

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Doc, "How ya like yer new and shiny "fast SCSI HDD" ?"
It's definately much more noticeable than doubling my cpu speed. Everything's now seemingly instant in comparison.
I won't replace my new cd-rom and burner until they die as they do just fine now (can't justify replacing good parts). Burns directly too, cd-rom to burner without problems and fast.
I was mostly just curious as to if SCSI peripherals are noticeably faster than IDE as the HDDs obviously are.
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uhhh, I want a X15 soooo bad .... maybe next month .... glad ya like yer SCSI setup. Welcome in the club.
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After reading the reviews on it, I decided that it was a "must have" item for sure. It's surprizingly quiet too, less noise than my 2 IDE Maxtors made.
X15 tested using HDTach score=5.4ms random access time
Read speed max=41670kps
" " min=36183.0kps
" " average=39118.2kps
cpu utilization 9.0%

UPDATE:
was with "Advanced size check" unchecked.

Goes to 6.6ms checked
Read speed max=41509kps
" " min=30332kps
" " average=36864.3kps
cpu utilization 10.8%

[Edited by EvilHorace on 12-25-2000 at 07:55 AM]
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Post by Radboy »

Wow. Nice numbers.

Welcome to the club.

I agree. Stay w/ IDE burner, until next time u upgrade, then go SCSI.
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