HP 9200i (SCSI) or HP 9100i (IDE)?

[Charles]

HP 9100i is cheaper. Which one should I get?

Thanks...

 

[Charles]

Nevermind, this probably a stupid question.

I'm just curious how HP SCSI CD-RW performs compared to IDE one. I'm not sure if 9200i is good.

 

[ZapZilla]

If you are going to overclock the system, then SCSI is the way to go because IDE ones won't work well if the PCI bus speed is above 33.

 

[Charles]

Thanks a lot for the reply man.

I did read the comparison. I just want to know peoples personal comments about the drive.
ZapZilla, I'm overclocking my CPU but only to 133 MHz FSB. So my PCI still runs at 33 MHz.

 

[Janus]

I use the HP 9210i SCSI in a desktop workstation and overall it has been a very good drive. The burns are fast, reliable and never gave us any problems (although some of this is likely attributable to the SCSI interface.) If you have a SCSI system, it's certainly a decent way to go - if not, and you're not going to burn lots of CDs, then IDE is certainly fine.

 

[Charles]

I really hate it when I can't multi-task if I burn something. That's why I want SCSI.

Watch DVD while you are burning CDs.

 

[Tom]

You may want to check out the review of the new ide Plextor CDRW at PC Magazine which has Sanyo's burnproof technology. It apparently works very well.

 

[Charles]

I really want to buy Plextor cause I like it more than HP, but in Hong Kong, Plextor is more expensive than HP.

 

[Iamstuckinmycomputer]

I have the 9100i. You cannot mulitask while buring at 8x. Maybe a little at 4x. It is a decent drive. Be aware though that HP will try to charge you like 20 bucks for the win 2k software. So if you want cheap + win98, go 9100i. If you got the cash and run win2k, go 9200i. I wish i would have bought the 9200i instead. -Andy

 

[xtreme2k]

who said u can't multitask when a cd is burning?

i got HP8200 on a P3/700e oced 868

never have ANY problem burnning ANY cd

(except i play quake3...)


but i dont think the SCSI ppl can actually play Q3 and NOT get buffer underrun any way
when burning cd at 4x 2% of my cpu is used... this is IDE... i wonder HOW scsi helps here

2% of my cpu is really nothing guys