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TI Firewire PCI-Express Chipset
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:31 pm
by ironmanerz
I am doing research into an i7 rig but the board I am looking into has no onboard firewire and only PCI-Express 8x slots. I know that TI makes the best firewire chipsets, but this [
http://www.syba.com/Product/Info/Id/411] is a PCI-Express chipset (TI TSB82AA2 Chipset). Anybody make the jump/have any thoughts?
Thanks,
Eric
Re: TI Firewire PCI-Express Chipset
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:44 pm
by Muziker68
Hi, I don't have experience using Syba PCIe FW card, just out of curiosity, why do you not want onboard FW?
Gigabyte makes various Core i7 boards with onboard TI FW. Like this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813128374
This one has 3 PCIe Gfx slots.
Gigabyte boards that feature onboard FW are TI based.
Re: TI Firewire PCI-Express Chipset
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:20 am
by ironmanerz
It's not that I don't want onboard...just it doesn't have it. The board is here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131358. Didn't really give Gigabyte a chance since I was burned by them a couple years back. Maybe it's time to look into them again though. Thanks.
Re: TI Firewire PCI-Express Chipset
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:09 pm
by Muziker68
That's some serious Gfx buses on Asus. Asus well as Gigabyte make good boards. Shouldn't go wrong with either one. Checkout Tomshardware for reviews on each with positive remarks. If I had money for a desktop system, I'd buy a Gigabyte.