On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 07:49:38PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is it better to get just the dual processor board, ASUS P2BD, without
> SCSI built in (Adaptec 7890), and add some type of controller PCI
> board? (NCR??), or buy the P2BDS board that has it already built in?
>
> I need some good advice, can anyone please respond? Thanks!
In general I think it is better to have the separate motherboard and SCSI
controller. That way when you upgrade the motherboard the next time (say the
new 16-way 900Mhz chips come out :-), you can upgrade easily. If you have a
builtin SCSI card, then you have to buy a SCSI card to go along with the new
motherboard.
You can also get the scsi card you want, rather than having to use what comes
on the board.
If you have IRQ problems (thank you Intel for only giving us 16 IRQs), you can
plug a separate card into different slots to get it to use different IRQs. If
you have multiple SCSI controllers, you can change the order of which one comes
first by reordering the cards as well.
On the down side, it is more costly to buy the separate card, and it consumes a
PCI slot.
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