SCSI or IDE DVD

[GimpBizkit]

What advantages would a SCSI DVD drive have over an IDE drive? I know SCSI is faster than IDE, but would it make a difference with say a 8x drive?

[Mayet]

Me I personally like IDE. They are much easier to deal with and burn just as good.

[Geek #1]

If it is for playing movies, then it would not make that much difference as DVD decoding is more reliant on processor and memory.

If you already own a scsi card take into account adding the DVD will reduce the performance of other devices connected to the chain.

[AlienDyne]

I would get an IDE one. After all, it's a DVD Player..

[Mayet]

I meant run not burn oh der........

[condor]

now days there's no point to buy A SCSI cd-rom/DVD-ROM unless you have a good SCSI Host adapter.

an IDE DVD-ROM will do just fine.

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If you have the room on your IDE controllers, IDE would be the way to go, you can get a better and faster drive for your money. On the other hand, if your IDE controller is full up, then SCSI is the way to go. You can fill up an entire case with drives and still have controller space left. But it'll likely be a good deal more expensive than an IDE equivalent.

As far as bandwidth is concerned, the absolute fastest CD-ROM drive out there is the Kenwood 72X, which, at its rated maximum, can transfer 10.8MB/s. Considering that even plain old DMA mode 2 is 16.7MB/s, this is still more than enough. (And in reality, no recent drive reaches its rated maximum speed)