On Nov 15, 12:21 pm, Jesse <[email protected]> wrote: > So what are the best drives and cards for scsi?
I agree with Dan, a SATA PCI card and 10K SATA (Raptor) drive is fast and reusable in G5, MacPro, and PC machines. I do think SCSI drives are cheaper right now. There are ATTO UL2x and UL3x cards for under $25, 15K 36GB drives also around $25. They can also be reused in G5s and other machines. The advantage of SCSI drives over IDE isn't so much in the transfer speed as it is in the latency & seek/read/write times. I don't have specific benchmarks now as I'm onto a MacPro, all my SCSI machines are in storage (I probably should give them away). But I've put fast SCSI drives in Macs from a 7200, beige G3, Smurf G3, PCI G4, AGP G4s, etc. and they have always made noticable real world speed improvement. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
