Hi,
If your doing video work stick with scsi or wait for the new ata/100
controllers that slow down for a/v work. I have a 8500 and a/v stutters on
the acard ata/66 card I have. But for normal use the 60gb 7200rpm flies on
this system (upgraded using sonnet g3-400/1mb). I also found a 40x ide cdrom
that is bootable on mac systems.
I also have a IDE to SCSI UW adapter from acard that works great for a/v
work (this is going into another system)
If you are going to use scsi make sure you get a card that allows you to
slow the bus speed down if your using it for video work.
I havnt bothered with firewire ( they use IDE drives in those external
firewire cases anyway) or USB because they are not bootable unless the
firewire/usb is buit into the MAC. And since your using the PCI bus with
these cards I assume they would have the same stuttering problems found with
most pre G3 PCI macs.
My $0.02
TZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Thomas-WLTM07" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 3:43 PM
Subject: IDE vs SCSI vs Firewire vs USB2
> Ok, got a question. I am looking to get a new drive for my Mac. I have a
> 9500/150, and I would like to know the advantages vs an IDE (ATA66 or
> ATA100), or a 160MB SCSI, or a Firewire drive. Yes, I will probably be
> upgrading to 256 or 512MB ram and a G3 or G4 also soon.
>
> Which is better, worse, cheaper, most expensive? How does 400 MBits/sec
of
> firewire compare to a 160MB/sec SCSI drive? I have heard that 802.11b is
> 11MBits/sec, and actual throughput with overhead is really 1MB/sec. This
is
> from an EE who has studied 802.11b extensively. USB got the same rating
> from him. BUT, USB2 is supposed to be 480MBites/sec, but is said to be
> "almost as fast as Firewire" by the stuff I have read.
>
> I am looking for around a 20-40 GB drive.
>
> We might be working on a homeschool support group paper that will be
> printed, so we will probably need some space, not sure how important speed
> is yet.
>
> But, is IDE the best way to go? Or is the existing 10MB/sec SCSI internal
> ok for large drives with lots of graphics? Is the cost of a IDE card (any
> recommendations????) and a new IDE drive vs just a plain SCSI2 drive worth
> it?
>
> Thanks!
> Tom Martin
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