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Should I use onboard network/firewire or dedicated pci cards?
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I'm going to buy the Asrock 939SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard. http://www.asrock.com/product/939SLI32-eSATA2.htm The board comes with firewire and 10/100/100 lan. I have 2 network cards doing nothing as follows: Allied Telesyn 2500 Network Card closest I can find is he http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.uk/en-gb...fid=54&pid=196 D-Link DFE-530TX Network Card http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.uk/en-gb...fid=54&pid=196 I also have a Pinnacle Firewire Booster 2B card doing nothing http://cgi.ebay.com/PINNACLE-FIRE-WI...cmdZViewI tem As it will cost me nothing either way, should I use these cards or the onboard solutions. Will the onboard solutions drain much power from the cpu or is it negligable now? Would the onboard solutions, being newer, have more features? Would using more pci cards mean fewer resources? Thanks Pete |
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Should I use onboard network/firewire or dedicated pci cards?
Pete wrote
I'm going to buy the Asrock 939SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard. http://www.asrock.com/product/939SLI32-eSATA2.htm The board comes with firewire and 10/100/100 lan. I have 2 network cards doing nothing as follows: Allied Telesyn 2500 Network Card closest I can find is he http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.uk/en-gb...fid=54&pid=196 D-Link DFE-530TX Network Card http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.uk/en-gb...fid=54&pid=196 I also have a Pinnacle Firewire Booster 2B card doing nothing http://cgi.ebay.com/PINNACLE-FIRE-WI...cmdZViewI tem As it will cost me nothing either way, should I use these cards or the onboard solutions. No point in using the cards now. Will the onboard solutions drain much power from the cpu Nope. or is it negligable now? It was always negligable. Would the onboard solutions, being newer, have more features? Probably not with those cards. Would using more pci cards mean fewer resources? Yes, and is pointless. |
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Should I use onboard network/firewire or dedicated pci cards?
Pete wrote:
Hi I'm going to buy the Asrock 939SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard. http://www.asrock.com/product/939SLI32-eSATA2.htm The board comes with firewire and 10/100/100 lan. I have 2 network cards doing nothing as follows: Allied Telesyn 2500 Network Card closest I can find is he http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.uk/en-gb...fid=54&pid=196 D-Link DFE-530TX Network Card http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.uk/en-gb...fid=54&pid=196 I also have a Pinnacle Firewire Booster 2B card doing nothing http://cgi.ebay.com/PINNACLE-FIRE-WI...cmdZViewI tem As it will cost me nothing either way, should I use these cards or the onboard solutions. Will the onboard solutions drain much power from the cpu or is it negligable now? Would the onboard solutions, being newer, have more features? Would using more pci cards mean fewer resources? Thanks Pete Assuming that your new MB really supports 10/100/1000 and you simply made a typo you definitely should go with the onboard networking since the cards you cite are totally obsolete and their maximum speed is 10 times slower. The firewire card you cite is a really bizarre bit of hardware that seems to have been made when firewire was something strange and new. I'd certainly stick with the internal parts where possible. In those cases where it might be possible to surpass normal MB hardware, such as high-end sound then it would make sense to disable the onboard and use a top-end PCI or PCI-E add-on. Power dissipation probably isn't a major concern either way but the more components you insert in the system the less efficient the cooling may become because of stagnant air in the PCI socket area. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] http://johnmcgaw.com |
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Should I use onboard network/firewire or dedicated pci cards?
Rod Speed wrote:
Pete wrote I'm going to buy the Asrock 939SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard. http://www.asrock.com/product/939SLI32-eSATA2.htm The board comes with firewire and 10/100/100 lan. I have 2 network cards doing nothing as follows: Allied Telesyn 2500 Network Card closest I can find is he http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.uk/en-gb...fid=54&pid=196 D-Link DFE-530TX Network Card http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.uk/en-gb...fid=54&pid=196 I also have a Pinnacle Firewire Booster 2B card doing nothing http://cgi.ebay.com/PINNACLE-FIRE-WI...cmdZViewI tem As it will cost me nothing either way, should I use these cards or the onboard solutions. No point in using the cards now. Will the onboard solutions drain much power from the cpu Nope. or is it negligable now? It was always negligable. Would the onboard solutions, being newer, have more features? Probably not with those cards. Would using more pci cards mean fewer resources? Yes, and is pointless. Thanks Rod |
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Should I use onboard network/firewire or dedicated pci cards?
John McGaw wrote:
Pete wrote: Hi I'm going to buy the Asrock 939SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard. http://www.asrock.com/product/939SLI32-eSATA2.htm The board comes with firewire and 10/100/100 lan. I have 2 network cards doing nothing as follows: Allied Telesyn 2500 Network Card closest I can find is he http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.uk/en-gb...fid=54&pid=196 D-Link DFE-530TX Network Card http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.uk/en-gb...fid=54&pid=196 I also have a Pinnacle Firewire Booster 2B card doing nothing http://cgi.ebay.com/PINNACLE-FIRE-WI...cmdZViewI tem As it will cost me nothing either way, should I use these cards or the onboard solutions. Will the onboard solutions drain much power from the cpu or is it negligable now? Would the onboard solutions, being newer, have more features? Would using more pci cards mean fewer resources? Thanks Pete Assuming that your new MB really supports 10/100/1000 and you simply made a typo you definitely should go with the onboard networking since the cards you cite are totally obsolete and their maximum speed is 10 times slower. The firewire card you cite is a really bizarre bit of hardware that seems to have been made when firewire was something strange and new. Bizarre? Why? I'm intreagued. It was given to me and I've never used it; I should have known. I'd certainly stick with the internal parts where possible. In those cases where it might be possible to surpass normal MB hardware, such as high-end sound then it would make sense to disable the onboard and use a top-end PCI or PCI-E add-on. Power dissipation probably isn't a major concern either way but the more components you insert in the system the less efficient the cooling may become because of stagnant air in the PCI socket area. Thanks John |
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Should I use onboard network/firewire or dedicated pci cards?
Use the onboard versions. They do not use CPU cycles appreciably. And this
will leave you with unused PCI slots. -- DaveW ---------------- "Pete" wrote in message news Hi I'm going to buy the Asrock 939SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard. http://www.asrock.com/product/939SLI32-eSATA2.htm The board comes with firewire and 10/100/100 lan. I have 2 network cards doing nothing as follows: Allied Telesyn 2500 Network Card closest I can find is he http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.uk/en-gb...fid=54&pid=196 D-Link DFE-530TX Network Card http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.uk/en-gb...fid=54&pid=196 I also have a Pinnacle Firewire Booster 2B card doing nothing http://cgi.ebay.com/PINNACLE-FIRE-WI...cmdZViewI tem As it will cost me nothing either way, should I use these cards or the onboard solutions. Will the onboard solutions drain much power from the cpu or is it negligable now? Would the onboard solutions, being newer, have more features? Would using more pci cards mean fewer resources? Thanks Pete |
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