18GB 10k SCSI vs 120GB SE WD...basically what are your experiences with the WD?

[Goosemaster]

I needed a quick answer because I am in the middle of this and since most people hang out here....



Well, my dad's pc had the unfortunately luck of having me put a 9GB 10k SCSI drive as it's OS drive a few years ago, and it has dog slow ever since.

I am very interested in having him use my 18GB SCSI drive instead. I will be left with using my 'storage' drive, a 120GB WD SE, as my main and only drive.


I was interested in feedback as to how my system would perform with this change.

The SCSI drive is a Maxtor 10kII 10,000 rpm ultra160 drive.


Thanks

 

[Koing]

Why was his 9GB 10k SCSI drive SLOW?

I know that SCSI drives are slow in some desktop functions as they are mainly set for server use's.

Shouldn't notice too much of a speed diff unless you transfer files between two SCSI drives.

Koing

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Koing
Why was his 9GB 10k SCSI drive SLOW?

I know that SCSI drives are slow in some desktop functions as they are mainly set for server use's.

Shouldn't notice too much of a speed diff unless you transfer files between two SCSI drives.

Koing

For some odd reason it is just slow as hell. I've tinkered it with it but performance is just awful.

 

[Goosemaster]

just bench'd it again...10MB/s sustained..ewww

 

[optoman]

How full is the drive? It might just need to be reformatted.

 

[Goosemaster]

9GB Unformatted
8.4GB formated.


2.5GB free