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SCSI vs. IDE which is better?
divemaster127:
Sata drives are so cheap now I would not waste my time or money on a old scsi setup anymore, I remember what a pain those were to setup
stephenp1983:
For what your doing scsi isn't necessary. It would be beneficial in server data storage type environment, but not for this. Its also still very expensive. I second using a sata setup.
SpeedEng:
well if you want the best just get one of those SSD drives ;)
Avrus:
--- Quote from: SpeedEng on December 31, 2007, 11:57:01 am ---well if you want the best just get one of those SSD drives ;)
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Hah! I was going to post the exact same thing. 100,000 i/o's a second.
Insane.
IG-88:
I'm not at all concerned about speed. What on God's green earth would I want to spend hundreds & hundreds of dollars on speedy drives to run a MAME cab for?? I got a line on a couple of SCSI drives and a motherboard with an integrated SCSI controller all for under $30.
The main reasons I'm thinking about this is 1: cost, which will be minimal, 2: the fact that I've never taken the time to learn anything about SCSI, and 3: Why not? I realize it's a dead-end standard but I'm really starting to like this old stuff. I'm probably the only S.O.B. on this board thats actually going backwards when it comes to hardware. I've lately been scouring the local Goodwill's & Salvation Army stores on the look out for 386's, 486's and the like... ;D
I appreciate all the opinions tho ;)