NE1 else been lookin' at the $112 SiS655 Gigabyte GA-8SQ800?? **UPDATED 2/22**

[NFS4]

My Epox 4G4A is picky as hell with more than one stick of memory installed, so on a whim I went over to NewEgg and did a search for SiS655 boards. They have a Gigabyte GA-8SQ800 dual-channel SiS655 board for $112:Q Seems like it would be good to tide me over until Springdale/Prescott prices come down a bit after they are released. It even comes with a Firewire daughter card. It sure is a hell of a lot cheaper than the Granite Bay boards


http://www.giga-byte.com/products/8sq800.htm
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=Gigabyte+GA%2D8SQ800

 

[RanDum72]

What I'm waiting for are the SiS 658 based boards (RDRAM). But this board looks pretty good. $112 for performance that equals or exceeds GB boards while costing $100 less is very tempting. I might buy this board really soon.

 

[vailr]

I'd wait for Cebit next month; there'll likely be some new "latest and greatest" boards announced then.

 

[human2k]

Oh no!!! Why'd you have to show me that! Now I have to get that C1 P4 @ pcclub!!!!!!!!!!! That price is a steal!!!!!


btw....why is the GA-SINXP1394 so expensive? ALl it has extra is LAN and raid...

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: vailr
I'd wait for Cebit next month; there'll likely be some new "latest and greatest" boards announced then.

Yeah, for super duper high prices too

I don't need all that frilly onboard crap. I have a NIC and sound card. And I don't need RAID or Serial-ATA so all of that crap is useless. This board is perfect

btw....why is the GA-SINXP1394 so expensive? ALl it has extra is LAN and raid...

It has:

LAN
RAID
Serial-ATA RAID
That little 6-phase power card
Another Serial-ATA daughter card
Serial ATA cables
Heatsink on the southbridge

 

[NFS4]

Just placed my order for one. I couldn't resist

 

[Adul]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Just placed my order for one. I couldn't resist

u r weak

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Just placed my order for one. I couldn't resist

*Whew* I held out long enough!

Now YOU can be the guinea pig.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Wingznut

Originally posted by: NFS4
Just placed my order for one. I couldn't resist

*Whew* I held out long enough!

Now YOU can be the guinea pig.

Haha, you suck!

 

[XMan]

Brandon, you change motherboards more often than I change my underwear.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: X-Man
Brandon, you change motherboards more often than I change my underwear.

The last time I changed my motherboard was in June, so.......................

 

[XMan]

 

[Duvie]

Has anyone seen any other reviews on it that show it gets better ocing then 164fsb??? That is mostly my main concern. I get 171fsb now and even if I go to c1 2.4b I likely will want better then 164fsb. I would need to get a 2.53 or 2.66 c1 to be satisfied with those low fsb's...


Edit: I thought the sinxp or something or other was the p4 dual channel solution...you know the one on anandtechs front page reviewed like on the 1th of this month...

 

[Feldenak]

I thought about getting the $112 Giga board from newegg. I'm holding out for B0 (either the Asus P4SDX or the Ultra2 board from Gigabyte) stepping to give myself a few more upgrade options in the future (HT cpu).

 

[Krk3561]

Originally posted by: Feldenak
I thought about getting the $112 Giga board from newegg. I'm holding out for B0 (either the Asus P4SDX or the Ultra2 board from Gigabyte) stepping to give myself a few more upgrade options in the future (HT cpu).

I think thats the way to go, I rather wait for a board that supports HT too. You'll regret it later. By the way, anyone know when Canterwood is coming out? Thats my next motherboard upgrade.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Krk3561

Originally posted by: Feldenak
I thought about getting the $112 Giga board from newegg. I'm holding out for B0 (either the Asus P4SDX or the Ultra2 board from Gigabyte) stepping to give myself a few more upgrade options in the future (HT cpu).

I think thats the way to go, I rather wait for a board that supports HT too. You'll regret it later. By the way, anyone know when Canterwood is coming out? Thats my next motherboard upgrade.

You can support HT on A0 boards with a BIOS update. It's available right on Gigabyte's website:

8sq800_f3.zip F3
(Dec. 23, 2002)
1. Fix display broken after run 3D mark 2001SE for 1 hour(Display NV18 chipset)
2. Fix FSB400/DDR400 unstable on SIS655
3. Support Hyper-Threading function on non-HT compliant NBs

 

[frangus]

How do you know for sure that these boards are rev A0 SIS 655? Have you gotten your board from Newegg yet? I'll be getting mine sometime mid-week. Gigabyte said in Anand's review that most of the SIS 655 boards will be rev B0 and a small percentage will be A0. We've been talking about this topic here.

 

[BlvdKing]

That is an excellent price for that board. Please keep us updated on the performance, features, and stability.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: frangus
How do you know for sure that these boards are rev A0 SIS 655? Have you gotten your board from Newegg yet? I'll be getting mine sometime mid-week. Gigabyte said in Anand's review that most of the SIS 655 boards will be rev B0 and a small percentage will be A0. We've been talking about this topic here.

I ordered this morning, so it should be here Wednesday

 

[NFS4]

Hehe, it's out of stock at NewEgg now. Glad I ordered when I did

 

[Feldenak]

Let the price gouging begin.

GA-8SQ800 Ultra2

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Feldenak
Let the price gouging begin.

GA-8SQ800 Ultra2

LMAO! You'll never see me paying $300 for a friggin' mobo!

 

[Booter]

Originally posted by: Duvie
Has anyone seen any other reviews on it that show it gets better ocing then 164fsb??? That is mostly my main concern.

"Without wasting any time I left all the voltage and memory settings as they were and increased the FSB to 160MHz on the overclocking processor (the 1.8A). This took the processor to a healthy 2.88GHz and saw SiSoft2002 memory transfer rates hit 3.9GB/s.I then increased the voltage and upped the FSB to 166MHz. The system then posted and benchmarking completed successfully. I was able to run at 167MHz however, I did experience the odd crash that could perhaps be avoided with a better cooling solution."
Link

 

[NFS4]

Mine just came in today!! I can't belive that gigabyte doesn't put an I/O shield in there though!! BOOOOO

The shield from my 4G4A won't fit. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO gibabyte, BOOOOOOOOOO



I'll install it later today and report back

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: NFS4
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

No kidding! That's stupid!

Look in the manual and see if one was supposed to be included... Maybe it was just a fluke that you didn't get one?