Hi,
I think, I hate PCIe ... a few years ago, I was able to put every PCI card in every slot. Now, I need a crystal ball to create a right combination.
The problem is that I have:
- 3 PCI cards (TV card, Sound card and IDE Raid controller)
- 2 PCIe graphic cards which do not have to run in SLI mode, but both have to be plugged in
- 1 PCIe SATA Raid controller which requires at least PCIe x4
Thats why, I am now looking for a MB with:
- 2x PCIe x16 to be able to use my two graphic cards
- at least 1x PCIe x4 or more/greater
- 3x PCI
I found a lot of motherboards which had something but not everything ... CPU is not important, Conroe or AM2...
I checked:
- Asus M2N32-SLI, but this MB has just 2x PCI ... and I need 3 slots.
- MSI K9N Platinum SLI, it has 2x PCIe x1 .... but no PCIe x4 ...
Only MB which fulfills all my requirements is DFI LANparty UT n590 SLI-M2R ... and it is one of the most expensive motherboards on the market, with a lot of stuff which I do not need. and this motherboard is new and almost not available.
How that can be? Am I the only one who needs a lot of PCI slots and fast PCIe slots?
Why dont the manufacturers build MBs without PCIe x1 when every PCIe x1 card can be used in x4 or x8 slots?
There is something else. Wesley Fink says in the comments of ASUS M2N32-SLI & Epox MF570SLI: AM2 Wunderkinder
But I don't see how this card can have 3x PCI with 2 single width cards, when there are only 2 PCI slots ... I am waiting for his answer .... M2N32-SLI (Deluxe) has 2x x16, 1x x4, 1x x1 PCIe and 3x PCI slots as see on Asus homepage.
Am I missing some information?
and now ... after I wrote down my thoughts ... I think I hate PCIe
So, do you have any ideas? Are there any MBs except LANparty UT n590 SLI-M2R which can fulfill these requirements (2x x16, 1x x4, 3x PCI) ...
Thanks a lot.
M.
I think, I hate PCIe ... a few years ago, I was able to put every PCI card in every slot. Now, I need a crystal ball to create a right combination.
The problem is that I have:
- 3 PCI cards (TV card, Sound card and IDE Raid controller)
- 2 PCIe graphic cards which do not have to run in SLI mode, but both have to be plugged in
- 1 PCIe SATA Raid controller which requires at least PCIe x4
Thats why, I am now looking for a MB with:
- 2x PCIe x16 to be able to use my two graphic cards
- at least 1x PCIe x4 or more/greater
- 3x PCI
I found a lot of motherboards which had something but not everything ... CPU is not important, Conroe or AM2...
I checked:
- Asus M2N32-SLI, but this MB has just 2x PCI ... and I need 3 slots.
- MSI K9N Platinum SLI, it has 2x PCIe x1 .... but no PCIe x4 ...
Only MB which fulfills all my requirements is DFI LANparty UT n590 SLI-M2R ... and it is one of the most expensive motherboards on the market, with a lot of stuff which I do not need. and this motherboard is new and almost not available.
How that can be? Am I the only one who needs a lot of PCI slots and fast PCIe slots?
Why dont the manufacturers build MBs without PCIe x1 when every PCIe x1 card can be used in x4 or x8 slots?
There is something else. Wesley Fink says in the comments of ASUS M2N32-SLI & Epox MF570SLI: AM2 Wunderkinder
But I don't see how this card can have 3x PCI with 2 single width cards, when there are only 2 PCI slots ... I am waiting for his answer .... M2N32-SLI (Deluxe) has 2x x16, 1x x4, 1x x1 PCIe and 3x PCI slots as see on Asus homepage.
Am I missing some information?
and now ... after I wrote down my thoughts ... I think I hate PCIe
So, do you have any ideas? Are there any MBs except LANparty UT n590 SLI-M2R which can fulfill these requirements (2x x16, 1x x4, 3x PCI) ...
Thanks a lot.
M.
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