What do you need for a SCSI setup?

Mikey1280

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My mate wants to get a SCSI setup, will it be much faster than his sata 150 maxtor? What does he actually need, I assume just a SCSI HD (is 80 pin better than 68?) , cables (do you need terminators) and a SCSI controller. I saw that these 15k hard drives can run at 320mb/s, how is this possible if PCI bus is restricted to 133mb/s? Will it be worth the upgrade? If he buys a drive second hand will he be able to get the drivers from the manufacturers website?
 
Have you got a 50 pin drive? Is the latest 80pin, is this what my mate should buy? So it will not be a problem running on a standard PCI slot then, thanks.
 
Thanks guys, I think I'll tell my friend to go 68pin then and to look for a 15k drive or does it matter whether its 15 or 10k? What is the average transfer rate of your Maxtor Atlas Jeff?
 
Lol, I saw quite a few SCSI drives 2nd hand for good prices as well, how long have you had your raptor, is it being abandoned already?
 
That could be a long wait for a PCI e scsi controller, although I did see some pci e x8 scsi controllers but they were very expensive. Its annoying on these new motherboards that they are replacing the good old PCI slot with PCI e x1 which have no use so far. I have three useless Pci e x1 slots, hopefully they will bring out something for them soon. Anyway, Jeff where's the HDtach times?
 
Looks very nice Jeff, dont quote competitors though! Smids, has your Pci e x1 controller speeded up access times and transfer rates signifcantly when compared to the Nforce 4 ports?
 
Anyone know if you need drivers for a SCSI card as my friend bought one 2nd hand without drivers or will windows auto-detect it?
 
Are there no basic windows SCSI drivers apart from the manufacturers that can be slipstreamed, I dont think the drivers are available on the website?
 
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