Can my motherboard handle a 5770 and a 5850?

[bizzy]

I have an Asus M4A87TD motherboard, with one PCI-e x16 slot, one PCI-e x4 slot, and one PCI-e x1 slot.

I'd like to run a 5770 card from the x1 slot, and a 5850 card from the x16 slot. Is that likely to overheat any connections on the motherboard? (The graphics cards presumably draw most of their power from a connection directly to the PSU, right?)

Thanks!

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[cryptomint]

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/M4A87TDUSB3/

Looks roomy for 2. Go for it.

You should be able to hook up 3 cards to that motherboard if you get an extender cable.


I'm running 2x5850 and 1x5870 on a board with one PCIe x16, one PCIe x4, one PCIe x1 thanks to a PCIe x1->x16 extender from cablesaurus.

[bizzy]

Was your x4 slot open ended? Mine seems to be closed. I don't really want to resort to a soldering iron like this guy: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/249291-12-card. Will probably have to get an extender cable then. Next problem is how to mount the card while still leaving the case closed... (don't want the kids to get electrocuted).

[cryptomint]

Was your x4 slot open ended? Mine seems to be closed. I don't really want to resort to a soldering iron like this guy: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/249291-12-card. Will probably have to get an extender cable then. Next problem is how to mount the card while still leaving the case closed... (don't want the kids to get electrocuted).

My bad, I was thinking you had two x16 sized slots and one ran at x4.

You could still hook up 3 cards if you buy both an x1->x16 and an x4->x16 cable.

Fitting them in your case may be tricky, get creative and you'll probably be able to work something out.

Extender Cables: http://cablesaurus.com or http://shop.ebay.com/cablesaurus/m.html

Or you could cut the slots: http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=53

I personally haven't cut any slots ... I went to do it once and decided to just get the cables right before I went through with it.