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  • which is best SCSI?

    Hello,

    Does anyone out there know which is the better SCSI card. The choice i have is between

    Iwill 2930U
    Adaptec 2940.

    Any help?

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    1st system

    Coppermine 600E @ 828mhz (138mhz FSB). Globalwin HSF (the hooge one with the air duct set to blow cold air in)Abit Bx6r2.128mb Winbond pc133, USR Message Modem external, SB Live!, Maxtor Diamond Max 30GB!!@ 7200rpm, G400 @ max settings,Hitachi GD5000 DVD (region locked, what a bitch)Generic PCI NIC. Win98/w2k Dual boot. All wrapped up in Songcheer Super wide with loads of fans and 2 PSUs. Belinea 10 30 40 17" monitor, FPS100 sound system, Cyborg 2000 joystick, Genius Netmouse Pro and generic keyboard.


    8 Port hub

    2nd system

    Celly 333 @ 500mhz, Abit BF6 @100mhz, 128mb pc100, 10GB fujitsu HDD, Adaptec 2940 SCSI card, Plextor 40 speed SCSI CD, Yamaha 8x4x24 SCSI CDRW, pioneer dvd104s, hollywood plus dvd card, ATi rage pro 8MB, SB16 pro, diamond sp56i modem,generic pci nic, 15in Dell Monitor, epson 460 stylus printer, genius vivid pro 2 scanner. Generic keyboard, 3d program pad, A4 cordless mouse, unnamed super midi tower ATX


    1st system

    Athlon AXIA Y 1Ghz @ 1.40Ghz, coolermaster hsf, Elite K7s6a, 512 MB Crucial DDR RAM, 20GB IBM 7200RPM Hard drive, Radeon 8500le 64mb, SB Audigy, 3 com 10/100NIC, 300w PSU, midi tower, FPS 1600 Surround, Belinea 17" monitor, Intellimouse explorer USB

    System 2

    Athlon TB 1.4 @ 1.5, Zalman Flower in silent mode, Elite K7S6A, 768MB DDRAM, Ati Radeon 8500le 64mb ddr, SB Audigy, 3Com 10/100NIC, 80GB IBM 7200rpm, Liteon 16 speed DVD, Lite-on 24102b CDRW, Songcheer Superwide, USB scanner, Intellimouse explorer, Microsoft keyboard, 19in iiyama Monitor, FPS1600

    system 3
    Abit ST6 RAID, Celly 1.2 @1.4 ,512MB SDRAM, Zalman Flower HSF noisey mode, ATi Radeon 8500le, SBLIVE, 3com 10/100 NIC, 80GB Seagate barracude HDD, 40GB IBM120GXP, 60GB IBM60GXP,Extra highpoint controller card, 16x Pioneer DVD, Pioneer DVR-104 DVD-RW, ATX Full tower case. 300w psu, 17in LG monitor, 20in Samsumg telly, epson stylus colour 880, 200W RMS Surround sound amp with Mission M71 Speakers.
    .

    System 4
    Elite K7S5A, Duron 1.0, 128mb sdram, Coolermaster hsf, 80GB 120GXP IBM, Liteon 16x DVD, Radeon 7200 64MB DDR, SBLIVE.

    Linksys 4 port router/firewall

    512k Cable modem. nice

  • #2
    Adaptec 2940 ? not u/uw? than I thing it only does Fast SCSI-2 (max. 10MBps).

    The Iwill 2930U will do 20MBps, because it is Ultra-SCSI. Looking at the number of the Iwill card, you would believe it uses an Adaptec chipset. I would try to confirm that, and if it does, it certainly is the better choice of the two (and you can even use Adaptec drivers for it).

    [This message has been edited by dZeus (edited 26 May 2000).]

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    • #3
      No, I think the Iwil cards use their own chipsets - cunningly labelled to look like adaptec cards to steal some of their market share.

      Also, I didn't know you could get a 2940 which isn't either a U or a UW... ?

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      Cheers,
      Steve

      "Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

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      • #4
        You are right! I just checked their site, and it uses an Advansys chipset.... unbelievable they are allowed to use a model number so similar as Adaptec's!

        I would go for the Adaptec 2940. It is more than fast enough for SCSI CDROM's and CDWriters. And for HDD, the iWill Ultra-SCSI controller still is not fast enough. The Adaptec has much broader support than the iWill, and I don't know how Advansys chipsets perform.

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        • #5
          Avansys! Yeah, they're the ones! They're not bad cards/chips actually (in a local computer shop where I work, we sell them all the time). Of course adaptec has better support though. After all, they 'move the data that moves your world!'

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          Cheers,
          Steve

          "Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

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          • #6
            Thabx everyone,

            Iwill keep the 2940 in the second pc and if and when i get a scsi CD for the main system Iwill have a spare card to run it.
            1st system

            Athlon AXIA Y 1Ghz @ 1.40Ghz, coolermaster hsf, Elite K7s6a, 512 MB Crucial DDR RAM, 20GB IBM 7200RPM Hard drive, Radeon 8500le 64mb, SB Audigy, 3 com 10/100NIC, 300w PSU, midi tower, FPS 1600 Surround, Belinea 17" monitor, Intellimouse explorer USB

            System 2

            Athlon TB 1.4 @ 1.5, Zalman Flower in silent mode, Elite K7S6A, 768MB DDRAM, Ati Radeon 8500le 64mb ddr, SB Audigy, 3Com 10/100NIC, 80GB IBM 7200rpm, Liteon 16 speed DVD, Lite-on 24102b CDRW, Songcheer Superwide, USB scanner, Intellimouse explorer, Microsoft keyboard, 19in iiyama Monitor, FPS1600

            system 3
            Abit ST6 RAID, Celly 1.2 @1.4 ,512MB SDRAM, Zalman Flower HSF noisey mode, ATi Radeon 8500le, SBLIVE, 3com 10/100 NIC, 80GB Seagate barracude HDD, 40GB IBM120GXP, 60GB IBM60GXP,Extra highpoint controller card, 16x Pioneer DVD, Pioneer DVR-104 DVD-RW, ATX Full tower case. 300w psu, 17in LG monitor, 20in Samsumg telly, epson stylus colour 880, 200W RMS Surround sound amp with Mission M71 Speakers.
            .

            System 4
            Elite K7S5A, Duron 1.0, 128mb sdram, Coolermaster hsf, 80GB 120GXP IBM, Liteon 16x DVD, Radeon 7200 64MB DDR, SBLIVE.

            Linksys 4 port router/firewall

            512k Cable modem. nice

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            • #7
              What about Tekram? Does anyone have any experience with them? I believe the model I was looking at was the DC-390UW.

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              • #8
                The Adaptec cards are very good but also very expensive. The 2940 is available in normal, wide and ultra wide. It's probably over the top for running just a CD-ROM or CD-RW from, they do make cheaper models which would be more than adequate. Iwill use a variety of SCSI chipsets including those made by Advansys and Symbios. The Tekram also uses a Symbios chip. Compaq use the Sybios chips in their Servers and they work very well but that's using Compaq's own drivers, I can't speak for Iwill's or Tekram's as I haven't used them.

                [This message has been edited by Taz (edited 26 May 2000).]
                When you own your own business you only have to work half a day. You can do anything you want with the other twelve hours.

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                • #9
                  asustek pci-sc896

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                  • #10
                    ??? please explain ????

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                    • #11
                      I have used 3 Tekram DC-390U2W cards in some servers I put together at work. They work just fine and they are much cheaper than the comparable LVD Adaptec offering. I would highly recommend one, especially for home use.

                      Chuck
                      P4 2.53GHz, Intel D845PEBT2, 1GB Ram, G400 Max, Adaptec 19160 running, 2 Maxtor 18GB 10KRPM HD, Toshiba 40/10 SCSI DVD-Rom, Plextor 32/12/10 SCSI CD-RW, Seagate 80GB Barracuda IV, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, Viewsonic G790 19" Monitor

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