Plextor SCSI Cdrom and Plextor IDE Burner, any possible problems?

[Maximus1]

I have a Plextor UltraPlex 40max Cdrom and an older scsi burner. I was looking to get a 12x burner from Plextor, but I would really like to get the IDE version (12/10/32) rather than the SCSI version (12/4/32). I like the features a little better on the IDE drive and it is significantly cheaper. Anyone see any problems with having this setup?

 

[Ungodly]

Anytime you use an IDE CD-ROM for the "source" in a CD-to-CD burn at any speed above 2x, you're likely to run into a buffer underrun, hence, a shiny new coaster. Luckily, the cost of CDR's is down to a few pennies for each disk, if you follow the "after rebate" ads, which makes you're only real investment to be your time taken to create it. For a problem-free burn at high speed, you just cannot beat SCSI for both source and destination drives. The old saying "You get what you pay for" really applies here.

 

[Maximus1]

Actually my source drive is my SCSI Plextor UltraPlex 40max and my destination drive would be the new IDE Plextor. I do get your overall point though. I know you can't beat an all SCSI setup but since I rarely do a CD-to-CD copy on the fly (almost always image first), I was hoping the IDE CDRW would work just fine.

 

[Arch!]

You like the features better on the IDE model?

AFAIK, the only difference between the two is the IDE model supports 10x rewriting (but there is no media yet to be found for it), and it supports sanyo's Burnproof technology. With the SCSI model you don't really need to worry about underruns 'cause you won't have any anyway.

Of course, if you only other argument is price, than I cannot say anything else about that than that the IDE model is the better buy then.

If you're looking for technology & reliability, I would really advice you to stay SCSI all the way...

Bye!

 

[Gorgonzola]

to answer his original question..no i dont think you would have any problems, coz your scsi reader would have no trouble giving an ide burner data fast enough. and as far as i know, you can't overload the buffer with too much data

 

[Maximus1]

Thanks for all the input....
If it weren't Plextor we are talking about, I would not even think of going away from SCSI. I have heard their IDE models really kick some ass too, so I don't think reliability is a major issue. Right now I have the UltraPlex 40max on an Adaptec 2930U, with a S&F 4/2/6. I'm using Nero 5.0.1.3, and I've been getting a lot of SCSI/IDE errors lately. Supposedly in Nero's troubleshooter, I am supposed to upgrade the bios in my SCSI card, but the bios is not flashable (it's a removable EEProm ). I'm not sure if it might be my older SCSI burner and if going with the Plextor SCSI will correct everything. I kinda feel that maybe going with IDE will eliminate any compatability issues. I really don't know why Nero would have a problem with my SCSI setup, but I've had problems with a few other burning programs as well (CDRWin, etc.). Any more thoughts would still be appreciated.