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Title: X79 Sandy Bridge E motherboards - PCIe Heaven? Post by: mikeo on September 14, 2011, 02:09:58 PM Take a look at what's coming in a few months. I know, they'll be massively expensive for mining, but if PCIe 3.0 is backward compatible to 2.0 it could be slot heaven, up to seven (yes, 7!) on a couple of these boards.
Check it out: http://www.anandtech.com/Gallery/Album/1376#1 Title: Re: X79 Sandy Bridge E motherboards - PCIe Heaven? Post by: Jack of Diamonds on September 14, 2011, 03:43:30 PM MSI BB Marshal motherboard already offers 8 PCIe slots. It costs $400 though.
Title: Re: X79 Sandy Bridge E motherboards - PCIe Heaven? Post by: RyNinDaCleM on September 14, 2011, 03:54:26 PM That board is pure sex!
And, yes PCIe 3.0 IS backward compatible! Dual 8-pin power... I thought it was supposed to be quad channel memory!?! Title: Re: X79 Sandy Bridge E motherboards - PCIe Heaven? Post by: RyNinDaCleM on September 14, 2011, 03:57:35 PM Oh! I just noticed the MSI, and UD5 do...
Title: Re: X79 Sandy Bridge E motherboards - PCIe Heaven? Post by: cicada on September 14, 2011, 07:50:08 PM Very nice. I'm especially digging the SATA power connector if it's for the PCI-e rails. So few boards offer that.
Seems like these guys were built specifically for efficiently sucking the power right out of your wall and the green out of your wallet ;) Ah shame, just the Gigabite UD7 has that connector.. |