the fastest drives out there now are the seagate cheetah 15K. that is 15000rpms!!!! scsi is an expensive interface, these drives require the ultra160 scsi which sell for at least 215 a card. as for 10k ide drives, NO. not now anyway. fastest drives are scsi. if you want cheap speed, go for ide raid using ibm deskstar 75gxp and a promise ultra100 raid controller.