Seagate 18.2GB SCSI 10K RPM Hard Drive $12 !!

[emperorCroc]

Refurbished: $11.99

http://www.softwareandstuff.com/hd_st118202lc.html?bfinfo=999

Im going to get 2. If they die, well ... its only $25 ... I wont get fast food for a week.

 

[EXman]

80pin ewww $12 more for an adaptor

 

[beatle]

Hmm... tempting. Aren't these drives obnoxiously loud? I assume that these will connect to a U2W, non-lvd (40mb/sec) controller with this adapter... am I right?

 

[Bendawg]

I know current ata 100 and 133 never really transfer at these speeds...but...
are these really going to be faster than a nice 80gig 7200rpm 8mb drive now a days?
Wonder how 2 of these setup in raid would compare to 2x regular 8mb cache 7200 rpm drives.
Ben

 

[Physicist]

Data Transfer Rates: 80MB/s

pretty damn fast, no?

 

[beatle]

That's the theoretical max of the U2W scsi bus. The drive won't come close to that.

This would be a great drive for a server, however... if the noise isn't too bad.

 

[Boogienight]

I am not a computer savy and this is confusing? If I buy this, can I use it without any adapter? My previous HD was seagate baraccuda 7200rpm with 2mb cache and it uses ultra ata 100 interface?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Boogienight
I am not a computer savy and this is confusing? If I buy this, can I use it without any adapter? My previous HD was seagate baraccuda 7200rpm with 2mb cache and it uses ultra ata 100 interface?

You need a scsi adapter. Either onboard or a card.

 

[rubberneck]

A good find. Has me thinkin now...

 

[Goosemaster]

1. These take up 1.6 drive bays
2. THey are VERy slow compared to modern drives
3. They are loud
4. They are HOT HOT HOT ...You NEED a fan with these


basically, I would use they in an old server. After using SCSI myself for MANY years, I find that the quick access times of SCSI are so sparingly appreciated unless you have something up to par with a Seagate 15.3, a FUJITSU MAN or MAM, a Maxtor Atlass II or better, or other high speed scsi drives.

For example, my DAD's pc, with a 120GB 7.2k rpm 8MB cache HD lags in only extreme sitations where mine, a Quantum/Maxtor 10kII, never even blinks. My machine is a multitasking marvel. HOWEVER, in standard transfer rates, his DESTROYS my SCSI drives, as does my own WD SE 120GB with 8MD cache.


Use this as a SYSTEM DRIVE ONLY or for server storage if at all, but then again, don't expect miracles unless you are messing with for example, 13GB+ DV files, and are using phtoshop simultaneously as we are.