Gigabyte 8IRX?

whatever · Post by **whatever** » Sat Jan 26, 2002 5:38 am

can anyone tell me if this is a good mobo? oc? etc. thanks

also, ive noticed that not too many of the newer mobos coming out for amd/intel ddr cpus, come w/o onboard audio. whats up with that?

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Sat Jan 26, 2002 11:51 pm

This board looks good to me. ATA Raid to complement my SCSI drive, USB2.0, and supposedly a very stable board. It has onboard 5.1 audio but I have a GTXP so that's no big deal to me. I have been eyeballing it for a few days now. At this point I think it is going to be my next mobo. I am resisting the buy now button until I find out when the next Intel price drop is going to be, anyone have any idea?

whatever · Post by **whatever** » Sun Jan 27, 2002 3:25 am

until I find out when the next Intel price drop is going to be, anyone have any idea?

ooo, I would like to know this also.

thanks for your thoughts

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Sun Jan 27, 2002 5:44 am

I couldn't wait, I ordered one.

I ended up getting the following from http://www.googlegear.com :

1 x (80635-OEM) Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor Northwood 2GHz Skt478 400FSB @ $345
1 x (140080) Antec Performance Series SX635 Mini Tower Case w/350 Power @ $81.99
2 x (80032) Corsair CM64SD256-2700CX2H 256MB PC2700 333MHz DDR DIMM Memo @ $135
1 x (240603) Gigabyte P4 Titan DDR GA-8iRXP i845 P4 Skt 478 DDR ATX MB @ $173.25

And one of these from http://www.inflowdirect.com :

AVC "Sunflower" Socket AVC478 $34.95

I ended up going with a 2.0 Ghz because of the premium the 2.2 carries over the 2.0. Hopefully I will be able to get a good overclock out of it. I'll see about posting some pics when I get the board.

whatever · Post by **whatever** » Sun Jan 27, 2002 3:04 pm

sweet setup!

Im thinking real seriously about going with a bundle at mwave. a p4 1.5 or 1.6 w/ 8IRX, then getting some crucial or mushkin 2100. cant spend alot so a 2.0 is outta the question for me. combo would be about ~ 275 - 300 w/o memory.

whatever · Post by **whatever** » Sun Jan 27, 2002 3:18 pm

ok, I was looking at googlegear and damn, they have some good prices on cpus, cheaper than mwave at least. but what makes the 8IRXP worth 50 bucks more than just the 8IRX?

I also like how some of these newer ddr boards come with support for atx power supplies so you dont have to buy a new one. thats another 70 bucks at least thatll I save.

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Sun Jan 27, 2002 9:15 pm

http://www.giga-byte.com/products/8irxp.htm
http://www.giga-byte.com/products/8irx.htm

These are all things missing from the GA-8IRX listing:

Winbond Smart @I/O chip
CPU Vcore: 1.1V to 1.85V 30 scales setting by BIOS
NEC USB 2.0 chip, Promise ATA133 w/ RAID chip and Intel® 82562ET LAN PHY
IDE 3,IDE4 provide RAID 0 or 1 with ATA133/100 Bus Master operation mode ( without support CD-ROM and ATAPI )
Memory Stick, Security Digital and Smart Card header
LAN port

I guess it depends what all you want. I will disable the audio and use the RAID and LAN and eventually the USB 2.0 so I think it is worth the extra cash.

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Sun Jan 27, 2002 9:18 pm

I also like how some of these newer ddr boards come with support for atx power supplies so you dont have to buy a new one.

I think they have either an adapter that plugs into one of the regular molex connectors and then plugs into the mobo or they have a regular molex connector right on the mobo.

I opted for a new case because I already have someone buying my old one.

JMan · Post by **JMan** » Mon Jan 28, 2002 12:01 am

We have a GA-8IRX running a P4 1.9 here... the thing is rock solid and fast.

We ordered it from newegg.com.

JMan

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Mon Jan 28, 2002 7:44 am

I'd like to see some benches of these Intel chips on a ddr platform. Anybody?

whatever · Post by **whatever** » Mon Jan 28, 2002 3:14 pm

well, I made the plunge and got an Asus P4B266-C and a P4 1.6 northwood for 291 from googlegear.

also bought a new 256 stick of high perf mushin 2100 from a guy on anands for 75 bucks. theyre going for 109 from mushkin

cant wait to see what stepping this p4 is.

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Tue Jan 29, 2002 8:16 pm

I'd like to see some benches of these Intel chips on a ddr platform. Anybody?

[H] Review

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Tue Jan 29, 2002 9:41 pm

Those ant too swell if ya ask me. My 1800+, 1.53 @ 1.7 amdXP is moppin' the floor with the 2.0 GHz part in every Sandra bench he's got up there.

Still have to look over the 2.5 benches but I mean, c'mon....shouldn't a 2.5 GHz KILL a 1.7 GHz chip? If ya ask me, those dawgs don't hunt.

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Wed Jan 30, 2002 12:02 am

From all the posts I've been reading on the different boards these arguments are already starting to getting old... and yet here I am replying and contributing to it all.

People are saying well god damn if my Athlon was running at 2.5 Ghz too it'd spank the P4, well guess what, it's not running at 2.5 Ghz and by the time it is the P4 will likely be X number of Ghz faster and AMD people will be saying the same things then.

The same thing happened when everyone ran Intel chips, they all belittled the Amd chips, now just the opposite is happening. My chips bla bla cheaper, my chip is bla bla this and that, if my chip was running at bla bla speed... Whatever... the same thing will probably happen all over again in reverse with the Intel people picking on the AMD people...

They're both fast as hell and I wouldn't mind having either one. Like I said before they each have their strong points and I am glad they are both around and perform as well as they do because like everyone always says, in the end the consumer is the one that benefits.

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Wed Jan 30, 2002 1:07 am

No need to get huffy. It's not an argument, it's a discussion. All I'm saying is that it's taking chipzilla an extra 400-500 MHz AND another 200-300 dollars from the consumer to match up with an AMD XP. That doesn't sound like any "deal" to me. It just seems bizarre to me that their own P3 chips had a better IPC #. Isn't technology supposed to get better?