Talk me into getting this drive...

[chaotic42]

A 73GB 15K Seagate SCSI Drive for $200 instead of a 160GB Seagate IDE for $112.

[ME BIGGD01]

do you have a scsi card?

is ultra 160 or 320?


may want to wait for the new sata controller cards


whats your need for scsi or expectancy from it?

[chaotic42]

do you have a scsi card?-Yes an LSI LSIU160 Host Adapter
is ultra 160 or 320?-The drive is U320, my host adapter is U160
you may want to wait for the new sata controller cards-64-bit SATA controller cards are expensive, SATA is inferior to U160 SCSI, and I already have a SCSI Host Adapter
whats your need for scsi or expectancy from it?-Firstly I have four open connections on my SCSI cable while only having one open connection on my primary IDE cable. If I put the new drive as Primary Slave, it will be behind my 80GB drive which already has most of my stuff on there. I&#39;ll be going back and forth between the two drives quite often and Master<->Slave file operations on IDE drives is painfully slow. If I get the 15K SCSI drive, I&#39;ll probably put Windows XP and its programs on that, put Debian on the 10K SCSI, and relegate the 80GB to storing backups and files that I don&#39;t use often.

[JIMINATOR]

dunno, after the woot&#33; and yahoo&#33; it may be better to have the capacity and spend
the &#036;80 on something else. unless you are out of room. it may not be a bad idea
to wait until you are, as the prices will not go up. a dvd burner (&#036;80+) may be a
good idea, get one and you can stuff 5 cdroms of data onto it, should free up your
existing drive nicely...

[ME BIGGD01]

ok. i can try to give some advice.

so i take it you have another scsi drive you are using, am i correct?

what are the sizes of all drives you currently have?

how about listing the pc specs so i can research the ide performance of the system.

i will reply with a confi suggestion after you reply :thumbs:

[chaotic42]

Originally posted by ME BIGGD01@Jun 11 2004, 03:26 PM
ok. i can try to give some advice.

so i take it you have another scsi drive you are using, am i correct?

what are the sizes of all drives you currently have?

how about listing the pc specs so i can research the ide performance of the system.

i will reply with a confi suggestion after you reply :thumbs:
There&#39;s a link to my system specs in my sig.

This is really a light-hearted thread, I can&#39;t allow myself to spend that much money on a hard drive. I&#39;ll likely end up getting the IDE. It will, however, take me a long time to fill up 73 more gigabytes, muchless 160 more.

[chaotic42]

Ok, my uncle and I were bored and went around town and I found a 160GB WD drive for a decent enough price (&#036;118). I&#39;d have to drive 100 miles to pick it up if I ordered it off of the internet (my bank account address has to stay in Mississippi, I live in Louisiana) so I jumped on it.