AM2/AM2+/AM3 / dual PCIe 16x v2.0

[mpjkraak]

I recently upgraded my PC case from P4 1.7 512Mb RIMM to AMD Athlon 64X2 +4200 4096Mb DDR2 RAM. This was with a M2N-VM DVI mobo. Nxt upgrade was a 9600GT HDMI/DVI-I 1024Mb graphics card (together with a 650W PSU). It is pretty fast now even with the +4200. I already maxed out my SATA ports (4) & started thinking of a BD reader/burner but I either have to consolidate my smaller SATA drives onto the 1Tb or .5 Tb drives or get a new mobo that accomodates 6 SATA drives. I would also like to keep the option of SLI open to offload work from the CPU to the GPU's. (for me the PC is already flying, but I might be able to reach outer space)
For the graphics cards to function @ 100% capacity the 9600GT prefers PCIe V2.0.

I've been searching for the mobo (AM2/AM3) that has 2+ PCIe V2 slots / 6+ SATA ports & integrated audio / slots for up to 16Gb memory.

Anyone have any ideas on where to find such a thing. I can't for the life of me find that combination. & no please no Intel ideas. I may consider that after getting annoyed with something AMD & I haven't......yet.

I did see 1 MSI board that comes closest: 2 PCIe (V??) / 5 SATA / 8Gb / no audio.
All the others have 1PCIe V1.1 8X / 4 SATA / 8Gb / audio

 

[NXIL]

Newegg Power Search:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Category=22&GASearch=3

Home Home > Computer Hardware > 0_. Motherboards > 1_. AMD Motherboards > 2_.
aximum Memory Supported[16GB ],Maximum Memory Supported[32GB ],
PCI Express x16[3 ],
SATA 3Gb/s[6 ],SATA 3Gb/s[8 ],SATA 3Gb/s[10 ],
CPU Socket Type[AM2+/AM2 ],
PCI Express 2.0 x16[2 ],PCI Express 2.0 x16[3 ],
PCI Express 2.0 x16[4 ],
CPU Socket Type[AM3 ],
CPU Socket Type[AM2+/AM3 ],

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/...CodeValue=2968%3A19453

Looks good for your needs:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131339

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...8378%2CN82E16813128382

Looks like you need to check the speed on some of those PCIe16 slots, otherwise, lots of choices.

HTH

NX

 

[mpjkraak]

NXIL thanks a lot, here in the Netherlands these mobos aren't as readily available. I will have to order one of these boards on-line. My PSU (650W) is limited to 2 12V 26A rails so I guess I can only handle 2 GPUs anyways (but then a PSU is exchanged pretty quickly [5 min or so - after power down]). For expansion possibilties I really like the ASUS you came up with (4xPCIe v2 [2*2 slots]).

 

[alpha88]

I bought this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128377

It's an AM3 board, and I love it.