Granite Bay / 7205 Chipset

[paulj]

Anyone drop the cash for one of these Granite Bay boards? How do you like it? How did you justify the money?

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[paulj]

I guess no one is using this board.

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[Tommyag]

I just picked up a GA-8INXP. Justification...insatiable appetite for speed! I love it, it works great. I just put it together sat.2.4 ghz proc. Lian-Li pc-6089A case 2gb micron ram ddr266 500w trupower psu. My only prob so far is that when i play starwars jedi knight II Outcast and or Serious San 2nd encounter I start to get blip blip blip blip sounds from the pc speaker. This can't be to big of a deal. When I exit the games the blip stops??????? Any Ideas while we're on the subject. I going to post in a second. Thanks I hope my input helped you. I think this board kicks ass.

Tommy

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[Civilized]

I think for the money the 845PE chipsets are a better buy....they cost about half as much and perform within a few percent. The bay is a good board dont get me wrong but for the money its a poor offering from intel and could be improved greatly. The Abit IT7max2 rev2 is your best bet here for the PE chipsets. I would suggest you wait on the sis655 (will this damn thing ever come out in stores?) or the new springdale pe chipset(with 800fsb support)...

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