Recent content by Skysailor

Well, I am waiting for my 500MB of RAMBUS toarrive tomorrow so I can fire my GA-IHXP up and see how it is. In the mean time Ican say the manual(s) one for the MB and one for the RAID set up ... appear to be comprehensive. The overall quality of the board looks good but what do I know...this...

Newegg had them for $170 but when they did not show up on the Web site yesterday I called them to see why. They said they are out of stock and don't know how long before resupply. Then...I saw this post and immediately went to Spartantech and PCprogress. Spartan had the cheaper price by only...

I have just noticed that Newegg has taken the Gigabyte GA-8IHXP off of their website. It was on last evening for around $170 and now it is not shown at all. Anyone know more on this situation? Can't find it for sale anywhere at the moment. :(

I just noticed that Newegg just removed the Gigabyte GA-8IHXP motherboard from their wedsite. It was there yesterday for $170 and today it's gone. Anybody got more info regarding this?:confused:

Any more news on this motherboard? It sounds like THE BOARD for me. Is it available yet? Price? More info pleeeze! :)

This is a bump to keep the conversation going. I am almost ready to build a new system and want to hear how these new 850E based MBs are performing.:)

Folks! You may find this editorial at Tom's Hardware interesting to read. It's called Rambus - Take 2 Is a Rambus Comeback in our Future? http://www.tomshardware.com/column/02q1/020215/index.html:)

My thoughts exactly Advocate. This will be my first upgrade/new PC since 1996 and I would like to be happy with it for another six or so years if that is possible!! Just trying to get the most bang for the $$ that I can.;)

Thanks everyone....I will be looking at the Intel board and the Abit Th7-2R. Overclocking is not my primary need and RAID need not be an on-board feature if the board offers the stability and other featurres I desire. I will try to stack them up against one another and see which looks best...

I have been poised to order that Gigabyte 8IRXP board for a while now and I was going to order through GoogleGear. Thanks to all your discussion I will save myself some trouble by looking at other boards and order elsewhere. I was also considering the Gigabyte 8ITXR but from most of the...

Everyone seems to be very familiar with the i845 motherboards supporting ddram but what is the top of the line 850 based motherboard using rdram and perhaps with usb 2.0, RAID and onboard nic AND stable?:confused:

I am not sure I understand all I should about memory types etc but from what I can see both the Gigabyte GA-8ITXR w/850 chipset and GA-*IRXP w/845 Chipset support ECC memory. Is "registered" an additional feature or part of the ECC description? Hope this is germane to your request for info. :)

<< << As a newcomer to this forum environment and in the process of trying to come up with a configuration for a system to replace my ancient 200Mhx Miron, I would really like to hear more about the P4 motherboards and 850 versus 845 chipsets. What is it about RAMBUS that makes it unpopular...

Folks, this discussion is giving me just want I need to make an educated decision on how to go with building my new system. Btw, my current 200 Mhz Micron was a 133 that I upgraded with an AMD K6 and has served me quite well these past 4 - 5 years. But I think my next move will be to the P4...

AppleTalking - Hey! Thanks for the explanation re: DDR and RAMBUS. I've been trying to decide between P4 850 and P4 845 motherboards and your info is great food for thought. Hope others will jump in and comment too.:D