Help me decide on SCSI card!!

[BatmanNate]

I've decided that my Tekram 390 Ultrawide SCSI card is the bottleneck in my system, and after pricing cards in the FS/FT forum, I've narrowed it down to two possibilities:

Adaptec 19160 for $125 u160, Dual Channel, etc

OR

Tekram DC-390U2B for only $45, Ultra2 Wide, 80mb/sec, etc.

Now, I only have one SCSI drive, it's a Seagate Cheetah 10k RPM 18GB, so would it be worth it for me to spend $80 more for u160 SCSI? How much performance difference are we talking about here? Thoughts and opinions on these two cards welcome!!

 

[TunaBoo]

80 MB/sec is plenty of bandwith, but I have no SCSI so dont trust me...

 

[BatmanNate]

More so than bandwidth I'm interested in quick load times and such. Transfer speed isn't of huge consequence since it's my only SCSI device, although it's nice having 0% CPU usage when burning at 16x.

 

[Braxus]

you don't really need the u160 interface if you only have like 1 drive as that single drive alone won't saturate the bus. Also consider the drive interface as well.

 

[TunaBoo]

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[bacillus]

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???

 

[Wah]

you won't see any difference between the 2 cards you mentioned. In fact, you probably won't see any difference between all three.

 

[Linh]

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LOL

 

[SCSIRAID]

Save your money.... Go with the Tekram. You wont tell the difference with low drive counts in typical usage. You might look at the 390-U2W version instead of the U2B. The W has a repeater/expander to create a single ended bus segment for CD's (non LVD) which would be real nice for future expansion. If you just want disks.. the U2B is fine.