PCIe cards?

[joecool]

so i'm looking at upgrading and would like to go with a pcie board, but the most pci slots any of them has is three, and in many cases one will be blocked by my vga cooler (if it's a dual slot solution). this leaves me with only two pci slots for three devices - tv tuner, sound card, and modem (for faxing). i could switch to an external modem but i'd rather not. when the heck are we going to start seeing anything besides video cards come out with pcie interfaces? seems like a natural to stick a modem in a 1x slot, and surely the sound card makers need to make the switch if they don't want to be completely replaced by on-board sound ...

call me frustrated.

 

[akubi]

modem............... ppl still use up a pci slot for that? 😕

 

[So]

Originally posted by: joecool
4and modem (for faxing)

e-mail the proper term is e-mail, and you can get online with this new thing called a 'cable-modem'


(Seriously: welcome to nineteen eighty eight, Newt, you may need to go with the external solution)

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I have seen a PCIe tuner card, iirc ATI came out with it.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: joecool
4and modem (for faxing)

e-mail the proper term is e-mail, and you can get online with this new thing called a 'cable-modem'


(Seriously: welcome to nineteen eighty eight, Newt, you may need to go with the external solution)

*insert rant about complete lack of affordable broadband*

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: joecool
4and modem (for faxing)

e-mail the proper term is e-mail, and you can get online with this new thing called a 'cable-modem'


(Seriously: welcome to nineteen eighty eight, Newt, you may need to go with the external solution)

*insert rant about complete lack of affordable broadband*

It's ~$10 more a month than paying for dailup+extra phone line for a ~10-100x speed boost. IMO, that's affordable.

aaanyway, I came back here to link THIS for you.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
*insert rant about complete lack of affordable broadband*

It's ~$10 more a month than paying for dailup+extra phone line for a ~10-100x speed boost. IMO, that's affordable.

aaanyway, I came back here to link THIS for you.

Alright, sign me up. When can I get it?

Edit:
Fixed link:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1629424&enterthread=y

 

[joecool]

fyi, even for those of us with broadband, the ability to send and receive faxes is sometimes needed ... and for that, a modem is required. since i already have a ridiculous proliferation of wires i'd prefer to keep my modem internal, and also not have one more power brick!