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<blockquote data-quote="drag0nfly_69uk" data-source="post: 15590" data-attributes="member: 175255"><p>@pixey: back in the good old days, IDE could only manage 33Mbits/sec then it was a good idea to buy SCSI drive only and they were the only reliable drives around.&nbsp; These days with modern ATA interface, we're looking at 100MBits/sec or 133Mbits/sec also CD writers nowaday have enormous buffers (2-8MB, pathetically big!), it wouldnt make economic sense to buy scsi, typically an IDE drive costs between £40-£80 and a scsi drive will set you back £120 min. Plus you have to install scsi card in your pc, mess about with drive id, etc.. with IDE cd writers you could also copy &quot;on-the-fly&quot;, i have never had any problem with that.&nbsp; and a motherboard with scsi built-in tends to cost a lot more than a &quot;plain&quot; motherboard.&nbsp; With the introduction of Firewire and USB2, there is no longer a need for external scsi cd writers.&nbsp; Gradually we'll see less and less of anything scsi. BTW, do you know how much a scsi3 cable with 7 devices cost? It'll set you back nearly £100!&nbsp; A 2-device scsi3 is about £38. an external LV160 cable will set you back some £120, what a rip-off.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="drag0nfly_69uk, post: 15590, member: 175255"] @pixey: back in the good old days, IDE could only manage 33Mbits/sec then it was a good idea to buy SCSI drive only and they were the only reliable drives around. These days with modern ATA interface, we're looking at 100MBits/sec or 133Mbits/sec also CD writers nowaday have enormous buffers (2-8MB, pathetically big!), it wouldnt make economic sense to buy scsi, typically an IDE drive costs between £40-£80 and a scsi drive will set you back £120 min. Plus you have to install scsi card in your pc, mess about with drive id, etc.. with IDE cd writers you could also copy "on-the-fly", i have never had any problem with that. and a motherboard with scsi built-in tends to cost a lot more than a "plain" motherboard. With the introduction of Firewire and USB2, there is no longer a need for external scsi cd writers. Gradually we'll see less and less of anything scsi. BTW, do you know how much a scsi3 cable with 7 devices cost? It'll set you back nearly £100! A 2-device scsi3 is about £38. an external LV160 cable will set you back some £120, what a rip-off. [/QUOTE]

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