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Title: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Post by: 1905 on September 15, 2012, 01:16:21 AM
anybody use this board? wanna put 6 7950 ati sapphire cards on this board... will this work? any suggestions?


Title: Re: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Post by: AndrewBUD on September 15, 2012, 01:18:59 AM
You should be fine... :) spacing might be a problem but you might have to invest in some risers.. :)


Title: Re: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Post by: 1905 on September 15, 2012, 01:21:44 AM
im just gonna get extensions and lay em out on a custom built rack im thinkin ;)


Title: Re: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Post by: AndrewBUD on September 15, 2012, 01:23:07 AM
sounds perfect... Air flow is your friend :)


Title: Re: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Post by: thepwnorbpwnd on September 15, 2012, 09:29:36 AM
If you happen to look around the forum there are tutorials/sales for open mining card cases to hold multiple cards with risers/extenders for the cards to be connected to the board with.


Title: Re: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Post by: AndrewBUD on September 15, 2012, 12:03:56 PM
i used this and got 7 cards working on it.

Nice.. :) glad to hear it...

I made my open case out of wood :P looks sorta crappy but it works great :)


Title: Re: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Post by: 1905 on September 16, 2012, 10:42:47 PM
ya fuck that setup. im all in on butterfly labs preorders. my rig would be a dinosaur by january..