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firewire 800 card?

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wanting to pick up a firewire 800 card.

I would like to find a PCI card as my motherboard layout is kinda cramped and the pci 1x slots are not easily usable.

i've seen a lot to choose from on newegg, but i'm wanting to pick up one that doesn't need the 4 pin floppy connector to power it.

or do they even NEED that plugged in?


thanks
 
Also, IIRC, stick to TI controllers for the least headaches.
 
Elledan said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewire#Technical_specifications

Firewire can provide up to 45 Watt of power to connected devices.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_PCI#Connector_pinout

PCI supports up to 25 Watt per PCI slot.

So the power connector is a requirement if you connect more than a few powered Firewire devices to the controller card.
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nice, didn't notice that in my research.

also, looks like PCI won't work for me. pci bus won't support full speed 800 speed unless its pcix.

pcie x1 should work though, i just have to find a card that isn't very deep.

i've seen a few cards that don't have the power connector, which i'm sure i don't even need. i may hook up an external powered harddrive to it, but the card will primarily be used for my sandisk extreme compact flash reader.


thing i dont like is that any of the cards, i've never heard of the brands of them. i would gladly pay a lot more for a name brand card, but there are none!
 
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