WHAT IS FASTEST: FIREWIRE, SCSI, USB2.0

[bdsmjam]

i'M TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT CDROM TO BUY.

 

[bozo1]

Firewire - 400 Mbps
USB 2.0 - 480 Mbps
SCSI - depends on what flavor - SCSI, Fast SCSI, Fast-Wide SCSI, Ultra2 SCSI, Ultra160, Ultra320, etc. (80 Mbps through 2560 Mbps)

You are going to be limited to the speed of the drive, not the potential throughput of the interface bus.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Stop yelling

 

[Eug]

We don't know how fast USB 2 drives are yet, although ON PAPER the USB 2 should be faster than Firewire. Some people are suggesting that in real life though, USB 2 is equal or slower than Firewire with current chipsets. Plus USB 2 uses more CPU power. SCSI is $$$$.

I'd go for Firewire.

None of them will really make any difference in speed though in your case, since the drive is the bottleneck if you're talking CD-ROM drives. USB 2 and Firewire are fast enough that if they hold back anything it's only going to be the fastest hard drives.

 

[bdsmjam]

thanx for the replies guys, hmmm, still up for grabs, huh? scsi is a lot cheaper now because of firewire, and now usb2.

 

[Goosemaster]

SCSI is the fastest. SCSI is the most tried and true.


No contest....

As for them being expensive, I SAVED my money, and GOT the BEST. Its worth it.

Firewire is a very good option for external devices however. Better than its USB2 counterpart

 

[bacillus]

don't forget firewire2 is just on the horizon!