At 10:00 PM -0600 9/14/2009, nestamicky wrote: >OK. I've decided to wake my 400Mhz Sawtooth. I've collected parts for >it, so no buying of any hardware this time. It has 2 Gbs of Ram. I may >not need it, I know. It has a pretty decent ATI video card, not the >stock. I got a couple of internal SCSI, with the PCI internal card I >want in there, or so I thought. I'd like to know if the internal scsi on >their adapter PCI card would be any faster than an IDE drive. I'd >planned on installing the OS on the SCSI and an IDE for data. The main >reason I wanted the SCSIs in there was for faster operation but can't be >sure now. Thought I'd ask before proceeding. What do you think, and why?
Personally, I prefer putting OS X on the IDE drive, so as to avoid driver hassles. If your SCSI interface *and* drive is significantly faster, then consider moving your swapfiles over there. From the hardware pov... The built-in IDE in the Sawtooth is Ultra ATA/33 (33 MB/sec). Exactly what model PCI SCSI card? What type of SCSI is it? SCSI ranges from 5 to over 300 MB/sec - all depends on the type. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---