Looking for a new mobo...

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by teh computer n00b, Sep 2, 2009.

  1. teh computer n00b

    teh computer n00b Private E-2

    Planning on building a new PC in the near future. I would like something that can support 2x SLI but also leave two PCI slots open. Preferably for an i7 processor...
     
  2. Dacads

    Dacads Corporal

  3. teh computer n00b

    teh computer n00b Private E-2

    I probably should've been more specific- I want to SLI two GeForce 200 series cards but also be able to use my sound card and TV tuner.
     
  4. MoPaR

    MoPaR Private First Class

    first off, the SLI vid cards are PCI-Express slots so will need to be sure the mobo has TWO pci-e x16 slots, these are different form PCI slots which is where your sound card will go.

    As far as using your tv tuner card with 2 sli... i'm not sure how having 3 vid cards will work out for you but, that card will be in a PCI slot, if the card is AGP, you wont be able to use it as far as i know there is no boards with pci-e and agp slots together. You either get pci+agp or pci+pci-e
     
  5. BILLMCC66

    BILLMCC66 Bionic Belgian

  6. teh computer n00b

    teh computer n00b Private E-2


    The sound card and tv tuner are both PCI cards.

    So ideally, I want to find a mobo that has enough space to accommodate 2 GeForce 200 series cards as well as two separate PCI cards. I have yet to find a mobo that has all this and supports i7, which is why I posed the question here.
     
  7. BILLMCC66

    BILLMCC66 Bionic Belgian


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