SCSI for a home PC?

[Wildy]

hey guys
i'm actually new to scsi world but not new to pc in general. i wanna assemble a pc and i'd appreciate if u can say me whether scsi will pay for a home pc. i do games VERY little (10% of time and mostly strategies). i do surf a lot (ie 4) and like many windows opened (10-30). i run win98 for most time and linux rh 5 sometimes just for fun. i consider switching to nt if it's necessary to unleash the full speed of scsi. i wanna have k6-2 350 overclocked to 400+ (with some luck http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif; matrox g200 8mb sdram; 64-128mb ram@100+mhz.

plus if i have just 1 scsi hd do i need 80mb/s or i'll be happy with 40mb/s?

will tekram cards be ok? if not what else in low end could u recommend me if i need scsi?

thx to all in advance

[Wildy]

oooops sorry i forgot to mention i'm planning ibm ddrs 34560 (up to ultra2/lvd @ 7200) or a seagate medalist analog.

[LJE2]

If you plan on using an Ultra2/LVD hard drive you have to have a controller card that is Ultra2/LVD (this is 80 MB/s burst speed) you cannot connect an Ultra2/LVD hard drive to a controller card that does not have an Ultra2 channel, these controller cards are expensive as are the drives, you will notice no difference in games, where SCSI shines is in multitasking, (running multiple programs at one time, not opening more windows in IE, this is more of a RAM issue) it is not a good idea to get a cheap controller, you could have compatability issues with some hardware, but mostly with software (some software for CDR's will only run on Adaptec, Diamond fireport, and a few other Major Brand cards, My Seagate BackUp Exec. software will not work with a DTC Ultra Wide controller I have, I have to use this on the machine that I have an Adaptec card), Adaptec has the least compatability issues but cost the most. If you are just looking for a fast HD, unless money is no object, for all the added expense of the Ultra2 controller, and the price of the Ultra2 drive, you will not notice that much of a difference, if any, compared to some of the 7200 RPM Ultra DMA66 IDE hard drives.

[BBA]

SCSI is great, but the $500 plus for a decent sized 7200 or 10000 rpm drive is way out for me! I even have a UWSCSI3 controller!

BBA

[Wildy]

thx for ur response LJE2.
then i'd choose something like wd expert and spend remaining money on ram.
thx a lot LJE2.

[LJE2]

I would probably work out better for you going the WD and more RAM route

[relativitymc2]

I have a complete SCSI system and for my photo editing and designing (3D, CAD) it is worlds different in speed. For regular use as you stated I have to agree 100% with LJE2.
You will see no performance benefit from a SCSI machine. Stick with the WD or IBM 7200RPM HDD and throw some ram at it. If you don't care about money go SCSI.

One side note, if you plan on burning CD's get a SCSI CD-ROM and SCSI CD-R, I have all Plextor equipment and love it.