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SCSI worth it?

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CostarPie

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how good are they?

specifically the cheetah 10K Ultra 2 SCA-3

in terms of normal desktop usage and gaming? had some benchmarks from anandtech, they look kinda poor in these areas.

but out performs the raptors which half the world is raving about although it cost like a million dollars each for half a GB.

i also assume i would need to get an adaptor to hook the baby up as well?

well basically i know jack about it, educate me

actually the real Q is simple, worth it or not? assuming prices were similar for same capacities
 
i really like my SCSI setup, but i went for a 15k drive because of the seek times.

if you are looking at 10k drives, and you have a SATA controller on your motherboard, the Raptor is probably your best bet.
 
First of all, you wouldn't want to buy the SCA version of that hard drive since that's for hot-swapping. Secondly, that's an older Seagate drive which would be outperformed handily by most current generation 10k RPM drives.

Personally I think you should stick with a fast 7200 RPM drive if you think that even the Raptor is too expensive. Most SCSI setups take a significant initial investment. I was lucky and got a top-notch SCSI setup for a huge bargain, but I would definitely recommend against it if you are very limited by your budget.
 
SCA-3?

I know SCA-2 is an upgrade to the connector with metal bar reinforcement, but what does SCA-3 entail?

You can find adapters to go from the 80-pin interface, but adding that in will degrade performance slightly. If you're into gaming and stuff like that, I wouldn't necessarily shoot for SCSI. It would be a bad investment. Gaming performance is based on processing and video processing power. The drive you speak of will most likely improve loading times, but nothing else really. You'd be fine with a regular 7200 IDE/SATA drive. If you're a file whore and/or a hardware nut, then SCSI is the way to go.
 
I got my IBM SCSI 4 years ago and guess what...

My benchmark still kick raptor ass!

I do alot of video work and I can really see the diffence between 15k and 7k hdd..
 
I've been using SCSI for 12 years (my first computer, an Amiga 3000 came with SCSI) and I've been pleased with it. 3 of my 4 machines use SCSI drives as the system drive.
I love the flexibility that SCSI has to offer, I just don't like the huge price difference in the cost of the drives. :)
 
I would highly suggest 15k SCSI drives over 10k units. While the 10ks are cheaper, the performance just isn't the same. 10ks are better suited for RAID arrays where cost and heat is a consideration. And yes, every machine save my fileserver is all-SCSI. It's definitely neat to go into the bios and disable all the ATA controllers. Of course it's even better to jumper your drive for delayed startup and listen to the thing spool up when the HBA probes the chain.
 
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