Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 14:51:45 -0700 From: "Josef C. Grosch" <jgrosch@xsvr2.cup.hp.com> To: scott@statsci.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE or SCSI if only one drive Message-ID: <9608081451.ZM19023@xsvr2.cup.hp.com> In-Reply-To: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> "Re: IDE or SCSI if only one drive" (Aug 8, 2:11pm) References: <199608080015.RAA01478@meerkat.mole.org> <m0uocMV-000QYDC@main.statsci.com>
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On Aug 8, 2:11pm, Scott Blachowicz wrote: > Subject: Re: IDE or SCSI if only one drive > "M.R.Murphy" <mrm@Mole.ORG> wrote: > > > Lately, however, I've obtained quite acceptable performance from > > fast IDE drives with fast CPU's (486DX4/120 and up). It seems that > > the CPU gets the tranfer done quickly enough to not make the user > > responsiveness of the system too sluggish. Not too sluggish for > > me, that is. That wasn't the case with slower CPU's. IDE's cheaper, > > though perhaps not appreciably. YMMV, try both. > > "not appreciably"? I've been looking for a 2Gb disk lately and I've been > seeing IDE 2Gb drives around $300 and the cheapest I've seen for a SCSI 2Gb > drive has been around $450. I'd rather have the SCSI drive, but I don't have > that kind of budget. > [ SNIP ] >-- End of excerpt from Scott Blachowicz I just say an ad for a 3 gig SCSI disk for $399.00 at Fry's (a local computer store chain). I don't mean to be difficult but I have seen 2 gig drives for around $300 to $325. Check out the computer shopper. There are SCSI disk for a little more money than IDE. Just have to look a little harder. Josef -- Josef Grosch, 47LG4 | "Laugh while you can, | My opinions are mine, not jgrosch@cup.hp.com | monkey boy!" | HPs. They have'nt paid for (408) 447-0467 | - John Warfin - | them yet ! :-)
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