Looking for a cheap SCSI Card, and a 10K rpm 6GB + SCSI DRIVE

[whannanna]

Looking for a Cheap Fast SCSI CARD, and a 6 GB+ SCSI Drive, Perferably a 9.1 GB, also looking for a cheap PC Case, nice Case, but cheap

[stant093]

50 pin? 68pin? isa or pci?
I have a scsi 2 ISA scsi card, 50pin if ya interested..



yay, 200 posts!

[whannanna]

umm.. a 68 pin scsi perferably pci

[whannanna]

what kind of drive would i beable to use with the 50 pin , could i use a 50 pin 10K rpm drive?
and how much for the card??

[Xaotic]

I don't know if the deal is still valid, but StorageReview had a deal with Hypermicro for a free LSIU160 adapter with the purchase of a 18GB IBM 36LZX 15K SCSI U160 drive for 119.00 with free UPS shipping. Might be worth a look.

[Peter M]

Well if you want to run a modern drive, LSI's U160 adapter is the best choice.

For a mix of modern and old drives, you should use a dual channel adapter like Tekram's 390U3W.

[dunbar]

Bootable card, or nonboot? The lack of a bootable BIOS makes a card rather much cheaper than the same card with a boot BIOS.

[Xaotic]

The LSIU160 is bootable and the DC390U3W is a greatly versatile card too.

[stant093]

Originally posted by whannanna
what kind of drive would i beable to use with the 50 pin , could i use a 50 pin 10K rpm drive?
and how much for the card??

i shot ya a pm about the card....

[Peter M]

Note that 50-pin SCSI limits you to about 36 MB/s throughput. Decent SCSI drives are WAY faster than that, so don't let the interface put the brakes on it.

Either card I suggested are bootable. The LSI U160 card is a budget offering (one U160 channel, 64-bit 33 MHz PCI, LSI 1010-33 chip); the Tekram card is a full blown one (one U160 and one legacy UW channel, truly independent; 64-bit 66 MHz PCI, LSI 1010-66 chip; retail pack includes all the internal cabling you'll ever need).

Before you ask, 64-bit and 66-MHz PCI cards are backwards compatible to slower or narrower PCI slots.