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04-26-2013, 12:52 PM
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Grumpy Old Fart
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Sunshinny Florida
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MOBO suggestions needed
I'm looking to do a bit of tweaking. I need a new motherboard. I do not want to break the bank, meaning under $200.. It will be paired with my existing 2nd Gen i7 cpu so socket LGA1155 is required. Needs to support up to 1600MHz+ of DDR3. I don't want to throttle my RAM. Up to 32GB. It must have at least two pci-eX16 slots, not one 16 and the other 8. Having an mSATA cache would be nice but not required. Wireless or enough slots to add a card later. I'm not keen on these itsy bitsy micro ATX form factors either. I like having a little room on the board. Must have HDMI out. Any ideas?
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04-26-2013, 04:15 PM
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Male Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Columbia, SC
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Re: MOBO suggestions needed
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128545
No need for 2(16X) PCI Express 3.0 slots, nothing short of 2 gtx 690s would come close to the bandwidth ceiling of PCI-E 8x. Even then you're talking 1-2% performance hit. PCI-X 2.0 16X can handle a gtx 680 no prob which would be same as PCI-E 3.0 8x. http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/I...Scaling/6.html . Spare PCI-E 1x slot for wifi card. Or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157299 Little more overclock friendly but gives up the msata
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