What is a good, economical SCSI HD/controller combo?

[NFS4]

I was thinking of maybe selling my 80GB Western Digital ATA100/7200RPM hard drive for a smaller IDE storage drive + SCSI combo (I'm only using 8.5GB on the 80GB hard drive).

What would be an economical ~20GB SCSI drive to get (and what controller would you recommend)?

 

[Goosemaster]

Quantum(Now maxtor) Atlas 18GB 10kIII and a teckram ultra160 single channel, uless you need two for some unheard of reason


go to hypermicromcom to buy...unfortunately, their site is down right now

 

[NFS4]

NewEgg has:

MAXTOR/QUANTUM Atlas 10K III 18.4GB Model# KW018J2: $160
MAXTOR/QUANTUM Atlas 10K III 18.4GB Model# KW018L2: $168

 

[JC]

My 9.1GB IBM 10K U160 drive is great for me, I too couldn't fill one of today's monster drives! Got my 29160 from FS/FT, but new I'd buy a Tekram U3 to save $$.

JC

 

[Pariah]

Same recommendation. Go to Hypermicro, mention Storage Review in the comments and get free shipping.

Site works fine for me.

 

[NFS4]

<< Same recommendation. Go to Hypermicro, mention Storage Review in the comments and get free shipping.

Site works fine for me. >>


Hypermicro is about more expensive than NewEgg and I'm used to workin' with NewEgg anyway...

 

[Wolfsraider]

n/m checked and on this one newegg rocks
hope this helps

 

[NFS4]

<< NFS4,hypermicro has the best scsi prices over mwave newegg and googlegear at least for the x15 seagates in most cases by 40-60 us dollars

and with free shipping (thanks Pariah)i didn't know that part you can't go wrong

hope this helps >>



The drive (MXT-KW018L2) that is $168 at NewEgg is $189 @ HyperMicro. Add $9 for shipping at NewEgg and it is STILL cheaper. I prefer NewEgg.

 

[Pariah]

By using Hypermicro and listing SR in the comments, you are also letting Hypermicro know that SR is sending them business. This is quite important as Hypermicro is one of the few sponsors of SR. We all know SR isn't rolling in money, so I would consider keeping the site up worth a few extra dollars on your order if that's what it ends up being.

 

[NFS4]

I'm gonna see if I can score a single channel 160 controller.

 

[GoSharks]

well hypermicro does have a $115 lsi logic single connector u160 card. includes the cable too

 

[NFS4]

<< well hypermicro does have a $115 lsi logic single connector u160 card. includes the cable too >>


A U160 controller is not NECESSARY is it? Wouldn't an 80MB/s card do just fine for a single drive?

 

[GoSharks]

no, but thats just a very good price.

uw2 would be just fine

 

[NFS4]

That LSI card over @ HyperMicro is 64-bit PCI. I don't have any 64-bit PCI slots

 

[zzzz]

Why not try the FS/FT forum? you get good prices there. And Scsi drives are built to last.
hint: pm

 

[GoSharks]

<< That LSI card over @ HyperMicro is 64-bit PCI. I don't have any 64-bit PCI slots >>



64bit is backwards compatible with 32bit

 

[NFS4]

Is this a good card (it's over @ HyperMicro for $80):

LSI Logic U160, Ultra160 LVD SCSI-3, Symbios/LSI 53c1010 chipset, 64-bit PCI PnP, busmastering transfer protocol, up to 15 targets, Internal connector: Mini DB68(F) SE/LVD U160, external connector: Mini DB68(F) SE/LVD U160, bare card, no cables, 5-year warranty.

Also, will this work with the FUJITSU 18GB 10,000RPM MODEL # MAN3184MP, 68-pin???

http://hdd.fujitsu.com/global/drive/man3xxx/catalog.html

 

[ChrisIsBored]

I've got a dual channel uw2 scsi card for sale for like 1/4th the price you'll pay for an u160 card. If you don't plan on adding any more scsi drives, or many more scsi drives you don't need any more than 80MB/sec... and even still.. you'll never reach 160MB/sec without a 64 bit PCI slot.

 

[ChrisIsBored]

NFS4 yes that card will work with your hdd pending you have a cable...

 

[ElFenix]

<< I'm only using 8.5GB on the 80GB hard drive >>

can i borrow some of that space?

<---- using 70 of 120 gigs on 4 drives

 

[NFS4]

<<

<< I'm only using 8.5GB on the 80GB hard drive >>

can i borrow some of that space?

<---- using 70 of 120 gigs on 4 drives >>


LOL, the ONLY reason why I got the 80GB drive is b/c there was a hot deal @ Office Max. Hell, 3.5GB of that space is just MP3's. So I'm basically wasting away all of that space.

18.2GB should do me just fine. Still waiting on hearing back on the Fujitsu drive and a UW2 controller from two forum members.