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Title: Should I buy a PCI-E riser cable. URGENT HELP Post by: tloz6996 on December 12, 2013, 07:11:00 PM So I have a asus m4a785tdv evo motherboard and Im planning to buy 2 7850's. I know these arents the best cards for mining but its a sort of experiment.
Anyways, im planning to buy two of those cards but the problem is that I have one 2.0PCI-E x16 slot and a 2.0pci-e x4 slot. Can I directly plug those gpu's on my motherboard without loosing any speed from the gpu that wil be going in the x4 slot or would I have to guy a pci-e riser cable? Title: Re: Should I buy a PCI-E riser cable. URGENT HELP Post by: Quemeros on December 12, 2013, 07:30:29 PM You will have NO problem. A GPU only needs X1 PCIe to run at full speed for BTC/LTC/etc ;)
Title: Re: Should I buy a PCI-E riser cable. URGENT HELP Post by: RickJamesBTC on December 12, 2013, 07:55:18 PM 7850s were selling on newegg for $100 a few days ago, don't overpay!
Title: Re: Should I buy a PCI-E riser cable. URGENT HELP Post by: skizzneena on December 12, 2013, 10:12:38 PM Personal anecdote. Just found out about 1x to 16x risers and found out they were all sold out on most sites. So I went to ebay to find ridiculous prices and like a month shipping from China. I almost got caught up and bought one. Glad I didn't, just looked at my motherboard to find my 7850 completely covers the 1x slot.
I guess moral of the story; dont jump on bandwagons, and know your hardware. Title: Re: Should I buy a PCI-E riser cable. URGENT HELP Post by: RickJamesBTC on December 12, 2013, 10:38:00 PM Personal anecdote. Just found out about 1x to 16x risers and found out they were all sold out on most sites. So I went to ebay to find ridiculous prices and like a month shipping from China. I almost got caught up and bought one. Glad I didn't, just looked at my motherboard to find my 7850 completely covers the 1x slot. That just means you need to put both cards on risers!I guess moral of the story; dont jump on bandwagons, and know your hardware. Title: Re: Should I buy a PCI-E riser cable. URGENT HELP Post by: DrG on December 12, 2013, 10:48:24 PM Personal anecdote. Just found out about 1x to 16x risers and found out they were all sold out on most sites. So I went to ebay to find ridiculous prices and like a month shipping from China. I almost got caught up and bought one. Glad I didn't, just looked at my motherboard to find my 7850 completely covers the 1x slot. I guess moral of the story; dont jump on bandwagons, and know your hardware. You can still run a riser out from underneath the 1st card. It won't allow for as much separation but it still works. Title: Re: Should I buy a PCI-E riser cable. URGENT HELP Post by: skizzneena on December 13, 2013, 12:50:28 AM Ahhh, good idea! I actually have an extra 6670 sitting around, not that much power, but I was gifted it awhile back so no loss really. Thanks for the advice!
Title: Re: Should I buy a PCI-E riser cable. URGENT HELP Post by: Slander on December 13, 2013, 01:54:28 AM I have about 15 unopened powered risers if you want to buy one
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