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Originally Posted by Cleric7x9
idk why PC Eye said none of them support SLI bc the MSI definitely does (at 8x like you said) but my vote is definitely for the Gigabyte. The ASUS is a great board, but the gigabyte has more PCI slots and more USB headers
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The MSI model supports SLI but at a reduced caoacity unlike other boards seeing the 16x mode available. The idea behind SLI or Crossfire is to sync two cards together to see a performnance boost not to see a reduced capacity. That's where MSI has been lacking lately.
The Asus model used here has 3 pci slots while being an AMD model. If the third slot is needed or simply a sound card would take up one while two are needed empty there are PCI-E 1x sound cards for using that type of slot. Here the extra is needed for additional devices and why the M2N-E was the one selected.
While the Asus model sees the faster fsb there I tend to lean on the Gigabyte model since Asus seems to be slipping in the last few years.