Indecision, need help...
I'm looking at building a new system very soon but I have a couple of indecisions about what exactly to get. The first indecision is dealing with SCSI versus SATA. I have been using SCSI for the past 5-6 years now. I'm currently on an Adaptec Ultra160UW controller with two 36 Gb drives, SCSI cdrom, SCSI Travan Tape drive, SCSI Iomage Zip drive and external SCSI DDS3 tape drive. I have been quite happy with this, however it is a bit on the expensive side. With SATA out now I think I can be happy with that and potentially save a little money.
Option 1 gives me 25 Gb more drive space than option 2, but really that doesn't mean much in drive space anymore. Option 2 will end up costing an extra $350 or so mainly due to the new SCSI controller I will need. Money isn't a big issue, but having to come up with this much extra will mean I wait a little longer to complete the system build. Of course, I'm also patient. So, what do you think? Do you think a person who is used to SCSI for several years will be content and happy with SATA now?
Now onto my next internal debate. I'm trying to decide with I should go with the Intel P4 Extreme or just the standard Intel P4 w/ HT. Is there really a big difference between these chips? The Extreme looks like it works with a socket called LGA775. Anybody heard of that? Is that fairly new? If so, do you think it will stick or will they drop it and go back to socket 478? There is a big difference in price here both for the chips and for the motherboards that I will have to get. Basically, I think the standard P4 will cost me about $320 while the P4 Extreme will be more like $750. Again, I don't mind the money amount if it's worth it, but if I only get a slight increase in performance or whatnot, then it may not be worth it. Anybody know about this? Which would you do?
P.S. Also, this hardware will all be used wit a Linux operating system only.
- Get a Western Digital 10000 RPM 74 Gb SATA drive with a secondary Western Digital 7200 RPM 250 Gb SATA drive.
- Get two Seagate 10000 RPM 147 Gb U360 SCSI drives with a new Adaptec Ultra360 SCSI controller.
Option 1 gives me 25 Gb more drive space than option 2, but really that doesn't mean much in drive space anymore. Option 2 will end up costing an extra $350 or so mainly due to the new SCSI controller I will need. Money isn't a big issue, but having to come up with this much extra will mean I wait a little longer to complete the system build. Of course, I'm also patient. So, what do you think? Do you think a person who is used to SCSI for several years will be content and happy with SATA now?
Now onto my next internal debate. I'm trying to decide with I should go with the Intel P4 Extreme or just the standard Intel P4 w/ HT. Is there really a big difference between these chips? The Extreme looks like it works with a socket called LGA775. Anybody heard of that? Is that fairly new? If so, do you think it will stick or will they drop it and go back to socket 478? There is a big difference in price here both for the chips and for the motherboards that I will have to get. Basically, I think the standard P4 will cost me about $320 while the P4 Extreme will be more like $750. Again, I don't mind the money amount if it's worth it, but if I only get a slight increase in performance or whatnot, then it may not be worth it. Anybody know about this? Which would you do?
P.S. Also, this hardware will all be used wit a Linux operating system only.
