What is the best SCSI CD ROM and SCSI DVD ROM?

[edwooten]

Title says it all...

 

[Dundain]

Well, the best SCSI CDROM (and probably the only one you can still find) would be the Plextor 40x Ultrawide drive...cant say I really know of any others that'd be good. As to the SCSI DVDROM drive...why go SCSI with that? You'll spend alot more for really not an improvement in speed really...maybe a little in CPU % but I doubt it. Just get a good, new IDE one. (New Toshiba 16x, Lite-on 16x, or even Pioneer 16x)

 

[Fastball]

Pioneer makes their slot-load 16X in SCSI. Awesome drive.

 

[Damascus]

<< Well, the best SCSI CDROM (and probably the only one you can still find) would be the Plextor 40x Ultrawide drive...cant say I really know of any others that'd be good. As to the SCSI DVDROM drive...why go SCSI with that? You'll spend alot more for really not an improvement in speed really...maybe a little in CPU % but I doubt it. Just get a good, new IDE one. (New Toshiba 16x, Lite-on 16x, or even Pioneer 16x) >>



Personally I like the 50-pin non-Ultrawide version of the 40X. It's supposed
to have the superior firmware and I don't have to put it on the same channel
as my hard drives. On the other hand, I completely disagree with your view
on SCSI. Just go to general hardware and look at all the poor sods trying
to figure out the best way to connect 6 IDE devices...

 

[minendo]

<< Pioneer makes their slot-load 16X in SCSI. Awesome drive. >>


i agree. i just bought the pioneer 305s and it is a great drive (doubles as 40x cdrom)

 

[Richard98]

Which of the Pioneer drives are Region Free? Could I watch a PAL DVD if I had one of the region free models?

 

[CSFM]

I just bought a slot load 16x Pioneer ATA66 IDE DVD drive... it is V.good. I have run speed tests on it and it can transfer data at 20x without a problem... I also have a SCSI CDR/RW and it can only transfer at 12.04x. The CD rom I took out of to put the DVD player in was only capable of 7x ... so you can see why I am impressed with Pioneer.

Which of the Pioneer drives are Region Free? Could I watch a PAL DVD if I had one of the region free models?

Isn't this set by the software after you first 5 uses?... please correct me if I am wrong... I can take it!