On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Harry G wrote:
I am about to build another PC to be used as a workstation. I picked up a
box of 5 new Seagate SCSI 3 50 gig drives for $250.00 total, so I am
thinking of using some them for this.
Since SCSI controller boards are about $100.00 or so, I was thinking of
Yes, they will fit in a standard form factor.
There shouldn't be any problem with using the buit in ports. They may not
perform as well as some SCSI boards but you pay more for the boards.
Look at Tyan's line of boards. They are supposed to be good.
Harry G wrote:
I am about to build
There is one thing you need to watch out for :
For the latest SCSI cards, there is the U160 and U320 standards which
offer higher data transfer rates, but these are also very susceptible to
small physical or electrical defects. Specifically, I have found that
connecting a SCSI drive externally
