Need a Mobo with Firewire

[mharr7]

Ok I'm planning on building a rig with and E8400 in the future here....I also plan on overclocking somewhat, but nothing crazy. It will be on air, aftermarket cooler, and I prolly wont try anything over 4ghz.

Question is: I have a Sony camcorder with a firewire cord....but our current computer(2 years old) doesnt have a firewire card or anything.

Is there a mobo with a built in firewire connection on it that will work good with an OC E8400?

I was looking at the Asus P5K-e and P35...but didnt see anything firewire...


Thanks guys.

 

[CallMeJoe]

If you go to Newegg's Motherboard Page and use "Advanced Search", you can sort boards by feature, chipset, socket, supported CPU, etc. It's not an absolutely comprehensive selection, but it's a good place to start.

 

[bigsnyder]

The Asus P5K-E does have firewire as well as the Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P(and DS4s). Many of the X38 boards do as well. This board has both styles of firewire connectors right on the backplane powered by a TI chip.

 

[superstition]

You don't need to get firewire on a motherboard, in my opinion. I have one of these and it works fine.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16815124032

 

[bendixG15]

superstition -- Yes, the cards work fine, but sometimes you don't want to give up a slot.

 

[DarkRogue]

I personally have the Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P for the Firewire for my aging 3rd Gen. ipod. It works well, and I haven't had to mess with it too much yet, I just plugged everything in and went with it. Mine is Rev 2.1 and came with the F2 BIOS so the E8400 was recognized immediately. Also offers several options for overclocking. Pretty good board for $150 imo, but then again I'm biased since I'm using it. YMMV.

 

[jdkick]

One of the factors in my decision to go with the ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP was onboard FireWire, and it's on the backpanel so there's no need to use a PCI bracket and run additional cabling. It also offers an internal header should your case offer a front/side/top FireWire port.

That said, I have also used add-on cards in the past and they worked fine. So if you find a board you like that doesn't offer FireWire you should get by just fine with the card.

 

[lopri]

Alternatively you can pick up a cheap firewire card. (~$15) What I'm trying to say is do not rule out a great board just because it lacks FireWire. (Although any mid to high end board should have it)

 

[superstition]

Originally posted by: bendixG15
superstition -- Yes, the cards work fine, but sometimes you don't want to give up a slot.

Obviously. However, the inflated cost of firewire on a motherboard is worse in my book than the loss of a slot and the price of a $6.00 card.

 

[Heidfirst]

abit IP35 (not -E or V) has firewire as well as the IP35 Pro