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SCSI vs. IDE which is better?
TOK:
--- Quote from: IG-88 on January 01, 2008, 10:43:29 am ---I can see what you are saying but part of the fun for me is exactly that, scouring ebay for that right part. And as far as wasted time, it's a hobby therefore time doesn't "cost" me anything. Whatever I am doing if it's related to my hobby it's not wasted time. :P
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The cabinets, control panels and games are fun for me. I just want the computer to be stable enough that I can forget its buried in there. If you said you were going to learn Linux via MAME configuration, I'd see that as valuable learning tool.
Different conceptions on the value of time I guess. Waiting a week for a 6 year old hard drive, then hoping I could get it to work when I could be playing that same day doesn't appeal to me. Good luck!
leapinlew:
SCSI will add quite a bit of time to your boot up every time - not good.
Also, on your initial installation you may be required to install additional drivers. This is done through a floppy and a floppy drive and hitting F6 during the initial installation of any of the windows versions.
Also, I'm not aware of any SCSI drives being cheaper than IDE drives. The reason we use SCSI is for maximum throughput. We used to use SCSI for throughput AND reliability but I think newer IDE/SATA drives seem to be just as reliable as SCSI.