firewire

[bebopin64]

im looking for a cheap motherboard that has firewire. it can be am2 or 775. cheap is the number one factor.

 

[Zatharus]

im looking for a cheap motherboard that has firewire. it can be am2 or 775. cheap is the number one factor.

How about this for AMD and this for Intel? Looks like you are starting around $70 either way.

 

[bebopin64]

cool thanks

 

[Zatharus]

No problem.

 

[Geoff]

You could also get a cheap PCI firewire add-on card.

 

[tlarkin]

You could also get a cheap PCI firewire add-on card.

I came here to say this exact same thing, but Omega beat me to it.

 

[Zatharus]

You could also get a cheap PCI firewire add-on card.

Excellent idea if you are just looking to get Firewire into a current build. :good:

if you have a laptop or dont have any spare PCI slots then this could work. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817111714
It may not be as fast as a PCI card but it will work when you cant use one.

This is just a hub. It does not give you the capability of those ports. I just extends from what is already available in the computer.

 

[gamerman4]

This is just a hub. It does not give you the capability of those ports. I just extends from what is already available in the computer.

Really? oh, well that sucks.
Deleted the comment to avoid confusion.

 

[Jamin43]

OK - I'm showing my greenness here -

But,

I thought a firewall was a computer application? How exactly do motherboards have firewalls - are they embedded into the hardware - OR - is there something more that I don't understand about firewalls?

How common are firewalls in MOBOs.

Trying to sponge any knowledge I can

Thanks

 

[gamerman4]

OK - I'm showing my greenness here -

But,

I thought a firewall was a computer application? How exactly do motherboards have firewalls - are they embedded into the hardware - OR - is there something more that I don't understand about firewalls?

How common are firewalls in MOBOs.

Trying to sponge any knowledge I can

Thanks

The confusion lies in the terms

you are thinking Firewall
we are discussing Firewire
Firewire is like USB, except different
A firewall protects your computer from network threats.


Firewire:

Firewall:

 

[Zatharus]

Really? oh, well that sucks.
Deleted the comment to avoid confusion.

No problem. At first I thought it was some USB to Firewire box I've never seen before.

Excellent explanation above as well.

 

[Jamin43]

The confusion lies in the terms

you are thinking Firewall
we are discussing Firewire
Firewire is like USB, except different
A firewall protects your computer from network threats.

Thanks

The newness of all these computer jargon caused me to misread the OP.

 

[bebopin64]

i didnt consider the pci card because the person im building a computer for wanted a motherboard with firewire built in. i guess they need the pci slots idk, but now i can provide what they want.

 

[Geoff]

Thanks

The newness of all these computer jargon caused me to misread the OP.

Well Firewire was created in 1995, so it's not really anything new.

 

[Zatharus]

Well Firewire was created in 1995, so it's not really anything new.

True.

I'm not surprised that many people have not heard of it though. USB has much more market recognition and pervasiveness. Also, since it is know by several different names (Firewire, 1394a/b/c and soon to be d, iLink, and the rarer Lynx...), I am sure that has caused some confusion.

 

[tlarkin]

Yeah firewire is so much better than USB too, I would run FW over USB almost any day. We have some external FW2 (800mbps) drives hooked up to servers at work just for back ups and they are smoking fast.