Motherboard scam?

[elcoro2005]

I am buying a Asus p4p800, when i was looking around for prices I saw a segnificant price difference between two of the same mobo. One says it has Firewire, and the other says it has IEEE1394 concetivity. Isint it the same? Than why the 30 dollar increase?

And also, the mobo says its "Prescott ready", does that mean that Northwood is not compatible?

Thanks again

 

[mrwxyz]

can u give the links to the two u r refering to

 

[elcoro2005]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=866224&CatId=1281

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=240307

I know they are 2 different companies, but why do they have different names for the same mobo

 

[bluewall21]

Thats why Tigerdirect is bad. Newegg has it for $111, but $0.99 shipping. Go for ZZF.
And no, it does not mean that it only uses Prescott.

 

[elcoro2005]

So when they say it has IEEE1394 concetivity its the same as a Firewire port. Correct me if im wrong or else close up this thread.

Thanks for the help

 

[Auric]

The IEEE is a standards association, ergo 1394 refers to a particular standard accepted by industry at large. FireWire is a trade name of Apple Computer Inc for that standard. There are others such as i.Link, Lynx and SB1394.

 

[zzzz]

Originally posted by: elcoro2005
So when they say it has IEEE1394 concetivity its the same as a Firewire port. Correct me if im wrong or else close up this thread.

Thanks for the help

its the same

 

[mrwxyz]

Originally posted by: Auric
The IEEE is a standards association, ergo 1394 refers to a particular standard accepted by industry at large. FireWire is a trade name of Apple Computer Inc for that standard. There are others such as i.Link, Lynx and SB1394.

wow, never heard that word used outside of the matrix.....
that or i need to start hangin out with a better crowd.....

 

[Wahsapa]

you've actually BEEN in the matrix?

just start reading more.

and ya, tigerdirect sucks. stick with zipzoomfly and newegg(or directron)