well...bye bye scsi

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 10:07 am

I think im finally gana dump my last scsi rig.

I cant afford to keep it up to date and most scsi stuff (dvd's, cdrw's, and cd drives) just arnt being produced at high speeds anymore.

Greg

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 10:20 am

LOL Yeah Greg all that SCSI stuff is crap you really should dump it. Just do me a favor and dump it this way would ya:B

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 6:11 pm

I've been thinking that I'll keep SCSI for the Hard Drives and wait for SATA for the Optical drives. My 12x SCSI Plex is holding me for now. I did hear a rumor about Plex doing some SCSI stuff this fall so I'll have to wait and see.

DocSilly · Post by **DocSilly** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 1:45 am

My next system will include SCSI even though I guess for HDD only. The Cheetah 15k.3 should be available when I build my next rig, that'll be my bootdrive for OS and main games.

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 5:57 am

IMHO, the only thing that needs to be SCSI is the HDD(s). The other things don't really matter that much as they're seldom used and their speed isn't essential in comparison.
A SCSI HDD system (even the 18g X15) isn't THAT expensive to me for a PC that you use daily. If I was building budget PCs for others, then I'd seek cheaper alternatives.

TruckStuff · Post by **TruckStuff** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 9:02 am

I dunno... there is something to be said for copying 600megs worth of files from one CD to another with only 2% CPU utilization.

That type of thing matters to me because I do lots of mass file transfers for work.

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Thu Aug 08, 2002 6:06 am

I'm sure that there's good reasons to own SCSI cd and burner drives but for me at home, I rarely use either. I use a cd-rom drive if and when installing new software (rare these days) and very rarely burn cds either and when I do, the 5-10 minute burn time (now "old" Plex burner) is no big deal to me.