Hi.

Yes, things change fast in the world of PC technology.

Serial Attached SCSI is out or coming out. I looked for some hardware to include in the new 2006 beast I just researched:

http://radified.com/computer/computer_2006.htm

.. but could find none. So I was left with what I had remaining from the 2003 version:

http://radified.com/Articles/rad_rig_2003.htm

For the 2006 version, you'll note I selected a 10K-rpm Western Digital Raptor.

Where SCSI still shines, I feel, is two-fold:

1. blazingly-fast seek/access times, and especially
2. enterprise-class *reliability* (made to run 24X7).

Hard drive reliability is worth paying extra for, IMHO.

I would like to get a Raptor-based system for myself and compare with my SCSI-based machine, so I could comment with first-hand knowledge.

I only know of a handful of people who have "gone SCSI" and claim to regret it. (Hard to believe.)

So before I pour more effort into updating the SCSI guide, I need to check out a Raptor-based system. The SCSI guide turned out to be much longer, and more work, than I expected.

Intuitively, I can't help but feel the Raptor will disappoint in direct comparisons with a 15k-pm SCSI-based system .. but I could be wrong.

What Tekram PCI-X adapterare you looking at? PCI-X is different, you will note, from PCI Express.

If I were you, I'd research Serial Attached SCSI.