Why most of new MB comes without 1394 port

[Johnswain]

I am building a new rig, maybe a e4300 or e6300 C2D, my budget for MB is about $100.
I prefer a P945 or 965 based board with firewire port. But after searching online, I found
that most newer boards don't come with 1394a port.

Can anyone give me hint? I have few devices have to use firewire. I also think it is faster
to transfer large video/audio date.

Thanks

 

[NXIL]

Maybe one of these?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productco...08%2CN82E16813121051%2CN82E16813130090

About 60 motherboard choices with no price limit, this dozen or so at $110 or less...

HTH,

NXIL

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

ASUS and Asrock both have MB's that fit that requirement but, at $100 for a new Intel board, your pushing your luck looking for 1394a in that price range.

 

[treker]

I just bought a Gigabyte 945P-S3 for $79 and $10 1394 card. I like the undervolting options of Gigabyte and some moderate OCing is possible. It's cleaner to have internal 1394 but at $100, tough to find. The very small 1394 card works well and includes a front panel header, too.

 

[tcsenter]

Why most of new MB comes without 1394 port

Same reason SCSI and NAS isn't a staple of every motherboard; because its a specialty bus/interface, not a general consumer peripheral bus. Other than video and audio equipment (specialty), a handful of image scanners (specialty), some external drive enclosures (usually for A/V), and Ipod, what else uses firewire?

 

[Johnswain]

Thanks to everyone, it sounds reasonable that to buy a cheap 1394 card than
hunting the board for this specific feature.

 

[NXIL]

P965 and 945P Boards at Newegg in your price range:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productco...35%2CN82E16813130052%2CN82E16813186102

A boatload of 1394 cards, PCI and PCI express, with and without some extra USB ports:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productco...02%2CN82E16815283012%2CN82E16815282001

Have fun,

NXIL

 

[renethx]

The upcoming ASUS P5K series motherboards (P5K, P5K-E, P5K-V, P5K Deluxe, P5K3 Deluxe) all come with IEEE 1394!

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/">ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/</a></a> (check manuals)