> On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Mike A. Harris wrote:
>
> > No, you're correct. SCSI is more expensive. That doesn't stop
> > me from wanting to go the SCSI route. You can't benefit from the
> > SCSI advantages without going SCSI. I'm wanting SCSI for more
> > than just hard disks...
>
> Hi!
>
> I fully understand your point. I started my move from complete IDE to
> complete SCSI few months ago when I bought Tekram U2W SCSI controller and
> Plextor SCSI burner. Now I have just ordered a new SCSI HD. I still have 2
> IDE HDs and one ATAPI CDROM drive. My move from IDE to SCSI won't happen
> fast, but I cannot afford to change all my IDE stuff to SCSI at once. But
> if I hadn't bought that SCSI controller in the first place, my movement to
> SCSI wouldn't have started at all yet. So, go for the controller and be
> sure to check Tekram controllers also. They provide pretty much the same
> performance as Adaptec but the price is about 1/3 lower.
>
> -samppa-
Hi!
I started with a SCSI only system a few years ago. Last year I had to
buy a new HD. SCSI HD prices in Germany are at least twice as much as
the same IDE HDs. For this reason I bought a new IDE HD. And the
system still works fine.
Regarding SCSI prices I think it's also fine to buy IDE HDs and some
low cost SCSI controllers like ADAPTEC 2904. Their maximum data
transfer rate would be enough for the most of the CDROMs, writer and
other SCSI peripherial devs.
Since almost all newer IDE HDs are DMA capable I don't see any
disadvantages with the above configuration.
Friedrich
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