Spec me a cheap SCSI setup

Messiah Khan · 14 Jan 2006 at 18:02

Im soon going to upgrade my system harddrive. I was origionally thinking of the 36gb raptor, but looking at a few graphs etc it seems that quite a few other SATA150 drives are catching it up. Now I can hear you say; "just get a 74gb or even 150gb raptor". But the way ive got my system set up now, and the way I want to keep it set up, is to have windows on a seperate drive to my programs(Ive got the programs drive sorted with a WD250gb drive). So that just leaves a home for windows, which does not need more than 36GB, infact it doesn't really need more than 20gb. So ive been looking at small, but fast(15,000rpm) SCSI drives. Could some of you guys in the know, comment on this setup and spec me a drive, controller card and cable etc please. The motherboard it is all be hooked up to is an MSI K8N Diamond SLI.

Messiah Khan · 14 Jan 2006 at 18:40

Any suggestions as to which models etc to keep an eye out for? And whats the difference between 68 and 80 pin scsi other than the physical amount of pins?

Messiah Khan · 14 Jan 2006 at 18:54

Thanks for that answer. I'll have a scout around ebay for some stuff.

Messiah Khan · 15 Jan 2006 at 12:36

Thanks for the great tips guys, you've given me a few directions to look into.
@MAllen.. No I don't have any SCSI experience other than having held a SCSI drive in my hands about 10 years ago

So a quick FAQ would be great, thanks. What sort of speeds are you getting out of the 36gb drives?

Messiah Khan · 15 Jan 2006 at 13:32

I think your getting confused. I havent got a drive here, now. Im need to buy this as well as the controler card. As for saying cheap, im looking at no more than £200 for the card/drive/cable/terminator if possible.

Messiah Khan · 15 Jan 2006 at 14:26

I don't mind getting the kit second hand, although ideally i'd like the disk to be new. Is it possible to get 18gb 15k rpm drives, or do all the 15k rpm drives start at 36gb upwards?

Messiah Khan · 15 Jan 2006 at 19:24

Thanks for all that guys. Fred_Or_Dead, your setup looks exactly what I want. I think its now a matter of waiting for pay day, and trawling Ebay and MM.

Messiah Khan · 15 Jan 2006 at 20:21

Smiley Man said:
2 18gb 15k cheetahs and adaptec 39320-R and a u320 cable £130 if you know where to look

blisteringly fast in RAID 0 too

Any hint as to where to look, or are we talking a competitor?

Messiah Khan · 16 Jan 2006 at 16:45

So would I simply requre 1 terminator at the end of the chain, not 1 terminator for every unused connection? Also, if say the SCSI card had 2 channels, would I need a terminator for both channels?