Adaptec Fibre Channel cable - 10 m

Advantages: A bargain. Easy to install and used. Good entry level SCSI controller.
Disadvantages: No support for higher data rates.

...to life (no smoke, no flames, no blue screen) and found the card and its attached writer instantly. The bad news is that while SCSI is cable of up to 160 mb per second this card will only do 10 mb per second. If that does not mean much, to you then try to think of it in terms of floppy disk per second, the AVA 2704 can move the equivalent of just over seven full floppy disks of data in a second where as its big brothers can move the equivalent of just over 114 floppy disks worth in a second! However, this was not really an issue for me as I only trying en to attach one old SCSI cd writer. Still it would have been nice to have the option! My only other gripe would be the lack of software bundled with it. Adaptec are supposed to have some excellent software for working with SCSI, in this case it was notable by its absence. Although since a lot... Read review

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Advantages: Plug n play, reliable, efficient
Disadvantages: A bit pricy

...Finally, just when I was begining to give up on ever attaching my SCSI drive to my system, along came the answer to my prayers. A neat fitted in seconds, no need to open the case solution; the Adaptec USB to SCSI connector. This piece of electronic genius allows you to connect virtually any SCSI device directly to your PC through its USB port. It works and is brilliant. It just plugs in and away it goes. Everything is supplied and with easy to follow directions. It is not cheap though, expect to pay about $50 ($90) for it but compared with a SCSI card & cables it probably works out the same and is definately 100% less hastle than trying to configure an already stuffed full to the brim machine. It's got my vote.... Read review

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Advantages: Specification/features, Quality, Performance, Best DAE.
Disadvantages: SCSI interface still more expensive than IDE.

...with so many IDE devices and since I only had another CD writer and scanner on my SCSI bus, it seemed natural to go with SCSI. For those that don't know, IDE transfers data in serial mode (taking turns), while SCSI does it in parallel. Also, SCSI is supposed to be more reliable than IDE, but whether it really makes a difference, I don't know. Enough babbling now and onto the review of the Plextor... ---- I purchased my Plextor 12/10/32S from http://www.dabs.com as it was the cheapest I could find at £189. Dabs also sell the 16/10/40A for £138. These are prices for retail products and not OEM. The contents of the box include: - WinOnCD (Packet CD, backup) - Adaptec DirectCD v3.01e (Packet CD) - PlexTools (CD-audio extraction) - 1 10x CD-RW media - 1 12x CD-R media - Internal CD-audio cable - Jumpers and emergency eject pin This is a good... Read review

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