Please Help Me Build a Desktop

[georgetok]

Look at the motherboard. Look closely. Notice that there are three really long slots? One is blue, one is white, and one is black. The blue slot has up to 16x normal PCIe bandwidth, but only 8x when another card is in the white slot. The card in the white slot gets 8x normal PCIe bandwidth (when another card is in the blue slot). The card in the black slot only gets 4x normal PCIe bandwidth.

All three cards should work just fine. In general, it would be good to avoid connecting monitors that will show video or other frequent, high-speed graphics changes to that third card in the black slot; though this is by no means a requirement.

Thanks. That makes sense now.

 

[georgetok]

What kind of applications does a stock trader use?

Depends.

Technical analyst use charting applications. Something like following but drawn by a special application:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=^DJI&t=6m&l=off&z=l&q=c&p=&a=r14,ss,m26-12-9&c=

 

[georgetok]

:thumbsup: On the last point, I would say that even PCIe Gen1 x4 is still 1GB/s full duplex, so it can handle any 2D graphics no problem.

That is true but for several reasons I decided to go for Low Profile card designed just for my applications.

 

[mfenn]

That is true but for several reasons I decided to go for Low Profile card designed just for my applications.

I was talking about the slot, not the card. The card is x16 physical, but like all PCIe devices, will auto negotiate to be best link speed supported on the link. Low-profile just refers to the physical height of the card.

 

[georgetok]

I was talking about the slot, not the card. The card is x16 physical, but like all PCIe devices, will auto negotiate to be best link speed supported on the link. Low-profile just refers to the physical height of the card.

I thought that high profile cards take up 2 or more slots & require more resources.

Still learning.

 

[mfenn]

I thought that high profile cards take up 2 or more slots & require more resources.

Still learning.

What you're thinking of are called "dual-slot" or "double-width" cards. Most high-end gaming cards are dual-slot, full-height, full-length. In your case, the height and length of the cards doesn't matter, but it is important to be single-slot, which your cards also are.

 

[georgetok]

What you're thinking of are called "dual-slot" or "double-width" cards. Most high-end gaming cards are dual-slot, full-height, full-length. In your case, the height and length of the cards doesn't matter, but it is important to be single-slot, which your cards also are.

Ok, I got it.

Thank You