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From: Adam Carheden
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 00:00

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I'm looking into what it would cost to put together a new Linux system
(I'm currently running a Dell that I compationatly spared from Win95),
but not being much of a hardware buff, I have a few question.

- Motherboard/SCSI
  Bus speed is the bottelneck, right?  Any new technologies better than
PCI
  that I should look at?  I'll be going with SCSI hard drives, and one
FAQ
  recommended onboard SCSI.  How much faster will this be than an PCI
SCSI
  adapter?  What about upgradeability, is this a concern with onboard? 
Any
  idea where I can get one with onboard SCSI?

  Any other good MB buying advice would be appreciated.

- Hard Disks
  WDE9100 (Western Digital) $820
  9.1 GB
  7200 RMP
  7.9 ms Average Seek time
  4.17 ms Average Latency
  Ultra Fast/Ultra Fast Wide/SCA-2 interface

  ST19171 (Seagate) $230
  9.1 GB
  7200 RMP
  8.0/9.5 ms Average Seek Time  
  4.17 ms Average Latency
  Ultra SCSI (8- and 16-bit, SCA) interface

  Why does a .1 to 1.6 ms difference in seek time justify a $590 price
  difference.  What did I forget to look at?  And what about the
differnce
  in interfaces; is this two ways of saying the same thing?

TIA
-- 
Adam Carheden
carheden@holly.ColoState.EDU

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