mATX AM2 motherboard with PCIe x16 + 3 PCI slots?

GnatGoSplat

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Does there exist a MicroATX AM2 motherboard with a PCIe x16 video card slot and 3 PCI slots? I have absolutely no use for PCIe x1 slots and could really use 3 PCI.

There used to be some for sockets 754 and 939, but I can't find any for AM2.
 

renethx

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MSI K9MM-V

is the only motherboard.

Edit:

It's an AGP board. I am sorry. There is no AM2 mATX board with a PCIe x16 and three PCI slots.
 

GnatGoSplat

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Well, there should be!!! Does anyone really have any use for those x1 slots? I can't find PCIe x1 equivalents for most of my PCI cards and the ones I did find cost considerably more than the PCI version did.
 

Heidfirst

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Originally posted by: GnatGoSplat
Does anyone really have any use for those x1 slots? I can't find PCIe x1 equivalents for most of my PCI cards
there are PCI-E x1 wireless cards & Creative have shown a prototype sound card.
RAID controllers/TV tuners etc. tend to need more like x4.
 

GnatGoSplat

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Yeah, nothing useful that you can't find cheaper/better in PCI!

Well, I do have a PCIe dual HDTV tuner (Vbox 164e). Pretty nice, but also cost a lot.
 

tcsenter

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RAID controllers/TV tuners etc. tend to need more like x4.
PCI x1 = 500MB/sec aggregate bi-directional bandwidth. 250MB/sec each way, or nearly twice the maximum theoretical bandwidth of the 32-bit/33MHz PCI bus shared by all devices on it. That's more than enough for mainstream or consumer desktop RAID and TV capture/tuner boards.