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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: tonyvdb on December 21, 2018, 08:40:27 PM

Title: Amiga 2000HD SCSI drive upgrade?
Post by: tonyvdb on December 21, 2018, 08:40:27 PM

So I have an A2000HD with the standard A2091 SCSI controller. Is there any advantage to replacing the old 2.1gb SCSI hard drive with a faster drive like a Cheetah drive? (I have a 9.2gb cheetah drive) I would not go over the 4gb limit or is the juice not worth the squeeze?

Title: Re: Amiga 2000HD SCSI drive upgrade?
Post by: QuikSanz on December 21, 2018, 11:14:56 PM

Any modern drive will be faster than the controller W/O an accelerated controller. Get at least a GVP Combo card and now you start to get some speed.

Title: Re: Amiga 2000HD SCSI drive upgrade?
Post by: jltursan on December 28, 2018, 06:28:36 AM

The Cheetah?, is the one that sounds like a Jumbo?  :o

Title: Re: Amiga 2000HD SCSI drive upgrade?
Post by: tonyvdb on December 28, 2018, 08:32:48 PM

Its a standard size drive but spins at 10K rpms

Title: Re: Amiga 2000HD SCSI drive upgrade?
Post by: paul1981 on December 31, 2018, 11:42:50 AM

The 10K drive will surely have a much shorter seek time which will help a little, especially when confronted with some file system fragmentation. Whether it's worth it though I doubt, especially if you're running a 68000.