Cheap External SCSI HD For Your Gateway 6400 Server $39.99

[XenuEtrawl]

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[kombatmud]

that drive is huge (5.25", full height), and slow (5400 RPM), but the $40 is worth it just for the SCSI enclosure.

 

[SimMike2]

The spindle speed doesn't tell the whole story. If this drive is as old as it seems, the density per platter is really small, which means this drive is slower than snot by todays standards. These older SCSI drives were also prone to whining.

 

[mithrandir2001]

"External Burst Transfer Rate of 10 mbyte/sec"

Oh, it is definitely slower than snot.

 

[Kwad Guy]

Slower than snot AND hotter than piss. These drives run very
hot. Oh and louder than sin, too.

Make your own call, but IMHO you'd be a fool--at complete fool--to
mess with this drive.

Kwad

 

[nekote]

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Narrow SCSI-2 disk drive with 9.09GB
It features a fan to keep the drive nice and cool, a 50-pin High Density connector (with pass-through), externally selectable SCSI ID, all in this rock solid case (case size is 13'' x 9.25'' x 5.5'' -- L x W x H)!!!

19 lbs
90 day warranty
Drive Model Seagate ST410800N
Formatted Capacity of 9,090 MegaBytes
Internal Transfer Rate 44-65 mbits/sec
External Burst Transfer Rate of 10 mbyte/sec
5400 rpm Spindle Speed
5.5 ms Average Latency
1024 Kbyte Read Look-Ahead, Adaptive, Multi-Segmented Cache Buffer
11ms Average Access Time

Preinstalled into a ROCK SOLID External SCSI Case
Selectible SCSI ID; Heavy Duty Fan; UL, CSA and TUV approved
External Connector is HD (High Density) 50 (aka: Micro DB50 -Female) w/passthru
NEW (case) and System Pull (Drive), w/power cord

 

[scoreadeal]

The 6400 has a primary and secondary IDE controller as well, look at the PDF for the specs on the motherboard. You don't just have to put SCSI drives in the 6400.

 

[Kwad Guy]

Anyone seriously thinking that this cowdung drive is worthy of
their new Gateway 6400 should seriously--and I mean SERIOUSLY--consider
whether they should really be messing with the 6400 in the
first place. If you think this is a good addition to the 6400,
you'd probably be better off with a different computer.

Kind of like telling me you got a good deal on a Ferrari, and
now you found a steaming hot deal on low grade retread tires to
use with it. What could you be thinking?

Just because your computer has SCSI doesn't mean that any
stinkpot old SCSI device you run across is worth hooking up to it.

Kwad

 

[Deathgame]

Yea....for you guys messing up the Gateway 6400....you'd better give us the 6400.....muahahaha
PeaCE!!

 

[Zach]

<< Anyone seriously thinking that this cowdung drive is worthy of
their new Gateway 6400 should seriously--and I mean SERIOUSLY--consider
whether they should really be messing with the 6400 in the
first place. If you think this is a good addition to the 6400,
you'd probably be better off with a different computer.

Kind of like telling me you got a good deal on a Ferrari, and
now you found a steaming hot deal on low grade retread tires to
use with it. What could you be thinking?

Just because your computer has SCSI doesn't mean that any
stinkpot old SCSI device you run across is worth hooking up to it.

Kwad >>



You're full of it. SCSI is also used for reliability! Boot of the slow mofo, it'sll last for eons probably. Big, slow, cooled.. I bet it's like a rock (in more ways than one).

Besides, kombatmud is right: It's worth it just for the ScSI enclosure. You could trash the druive and stick in a few newer 9.1's for some external storage and a relatively good price for SCSI.

 

[Smbu]

That drive is very slow and it is definately not worth the money. CompGeeks used to sell that scsi drive enclosure separately for $12.50(roughly $20 shipped) I don't know if they still sell it separately.

&quot;Besides, kombatmud is right: It's worth it just for the ScSI enclosure. You could trash the druive and stick in a few newer 9.1's for some external storage and a relatively good price for SCSI.&quot;

If you buy this you'd better know that this enclosure has 2 50pin connectors, so don't go and try hooking up any 68pin(or 80pin) +10k rpm hd's to this thing. I have one and use it with my Plextor Ultraplex 40x MAX cdrom drive and my Plextor Plexwriter 12/10/32S cdrw drive, so I can use them with my laptop. If this case could use newer and higher end hd's I probably wouldn't have sold my 9.1GB IBM Ultrastar 36LZX U160 10krpm hd.

 

[cleek]

If you don't mind a refurb drive and you want to plug it into a 6400 (68 pin) perhaps this is a better option IBM Ultrastar 2XP, 4.5GB, 7200RPM, 68-Pin Wide SCSI $28.