New MB recommendations

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Bill Campbell wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 26, 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>>> I think it's time to get a faster box 'cause I have some linux CAD apps
>>> that want more speed.  Towers are clearly cheaper than laptops.  I have
>>> SCSI drives on my present Pentium II box.  Does it make sense to try to
>>> get a fancy new fast MB, and attempt to plug in these drives or is this
>>> silly?
>>
>> Given the probably age of a PII box, I would say that the life of any SCSI
>> drives in it are a bit suspect.  I would strongly suggest getting a new
>> drive for the installation, perhaps using your existing drives as well.
>>
>> You're probably better off installing a system on a new hard drive, then
>> mounting your existing drives after everything is up and running.
>
> This sounds like a good idea.
>
> <snip>
>>
>> I just spent a good bit of the weekend fixing one of our servers here that
>> had four SCSI drives of approximately the same vintage as yours and a fifth
>> newer SCSI drive.  This box had a main board transplant a couple of years
>> ago, replacing the Pentium II main board with one with an Athlon 64.
>
> <snip>
>
> I was hoping to avoid a lot of this tweaking, hence wanting to replace
> just a MB.  The existing SCSI drives are relatively new.
> I think that my greatest fear is to not break my current box:  I would
> be really hosed.
> It may cause me less stress to go out and buy a tower with a SCSI
> controller and then swap in my old drives one at a time.

You do realize that PCI SCSI controllers are expensive, right?  You'd 
prolly save alot of money just by purchasing a mobo that has an onboard 
SCSI controller.

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