Well you first have to decide on what chipset will be seen on the board for that other system. If you are going with the 8600s then an SLI model seeing an NVidia chipset will be the thing to look at. Here I generally run boards with those while still running a single ATI model even on the new build up and running again finally!
Corsair HX520W run SLI 8600GTS cards?
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INTELCRAZY
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680i or 590i for SLI (Intel or AMD) I might put a 6000+ on this...
So you are still looking for a board now while planning this then. Here I am presently seeing the 6000+ X2 running at 26C idle after 5yrs. at this time. This is with the OCZ 700w driving 5 large case fans, 3 sata drives, and 2 ide drives 1 sata 1 ide being optical.
The board here isn't an SLI version however to see 6 not 4 sata ports with a 570 chipset same as the M2N-E SLI model. But this is not a gaming build here like you sound like you are planning there. When a friend was mentioning seeing the OCZ model I ordered cheaper at zipzoomfly then newegg a look there seems to have turned the idea of an SLI type supply like the OCZ 720w model seen at http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=316508
The board here isn't an SLI version however to see 6 not 4 sata ports with a 570 chipset same as the M2N-E SLI model. But this is not a gaming build here like you sound like you are planning there. When a friend was mentioning seeing the OCZ model I ordered cheaper at zipzoomfly then newegg a look there seems to have turned the idea of an SLI type supply like the OCZ 720w model seen at http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=316508
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Mine has 6 sata ports, you must be a modular junkie, right? 
This is my board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186098&Tpk=Foxconn+590
Evga is cheaper, its made by foxconn
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188016&Tpk=evga+590
This is my board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186098&Tpk=Foxconn+590
Evga is cheaper, its made by foxconn
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188016&Tpk=evga+590
Mine has 6 sata ports, you must be a modular junkie, right?
This is my board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186098&Tpk=Foxconn+590
Evga is cheaper, its made by foxconn
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188016&Tpk=evga+590
The M2N-E SLI model is made by Asus and can be seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131096 This does offer 2 ide channels with 4 sata ports while the board here only sees 1 ide channel.
The thing to mention however is the one here has 3 not 2 pci slots. But the Asus M2N32 SLI Premium Vista ready model would be a better choice for seeing an SLI setup as seen for the higher price at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131163 That should see a price drop at some point once the fall clearance or holidays sales start now that the summer clearances are ending.
Whos uses IDE now a days? lol
Yeah, $209 is a bit pricey... but like everything it will come down. Which one has 3 PCI slots? the one I and both you mentioned only has 2?
Glad i got mine for $99 and not $185 on one of newegg's instant rebates sale things..
The model board here is the M2N-E seeing 6 sata ports and 3 pci slots. This allows for moving the sound card to the second slot even while the board is PCI-Express not AGP due to XP's resourve sharing probelms sometimes seen. That also allows room for a 3rd video capture for use with Vista when found.
For the price to come down on the higher model seen there the AM2+ and later next year AM3 boards will then see that or higher. The boards seen with 4 pci slots had VIA not NVidia chipsets on the few of those found. Those were micro atx models limited to 2gb there however for Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI as far as AMD boards. I avoid VIA and SIS chipsets. no thanks!
What does your 2600XT having Dual outputs and saying while most are restricted to one (almost all cards have dual outputs now) have anything to do with you saying running Dual Monitors when running SLI, neither statement is true!
In SLI mode you still have to have one card as the primary. With cards that only have one output you can't use the second card insiync for a second monotir there obviously. The display is seen with both ports tried out here showing there's still output.
From Nvidia
How many monitors are supported when running in SLI mode?
When in multi-GPU mode, SLI currently supports (one monitor). When in single-GPU mode, users have the ability to use up to four monitors using NVIDIA® nView® multi-display technology and Windows XP Dualview.
With SLI enabled you can only run 1 monitor
There's a SLI model with 12 sata ports!
Too bad it only has only 1 pci slot seen on that one. Just remember that if you use all 12 ports you'll want a supply larger then the HX520 or even the OCZ 700w model here with 6 sata power connections. Try a twin supply setup for that one.INTELCRAZY
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I only want one monitor...
That simply points out the ability to use only one of the two cards for display instead of having a monitor on each. That would be the primary card seen in the 16x slot. Until recently most cards saw one port only. The extension of a single desktop is due to constraints of using the software mode for SLI there. Two used on the primary would see a cloned desktop which is not the main reason for multiple monitors to begin with. Racing games etc. there.
We figured that.
Why do you keep sayin (Until recently most cards saw one port only.) Thats not true,most cards have had dual outputs for years! You cant run 2 monitors with SLI enabled even on the primary card. The Dual monitor setup in display options is even disabled with SLI enabled. You can disable SLI and run 4 monitors, one on each output but with SLI enabled you cant.
You still haven't followed what I was saying with about raw signal not software settings. The thing you would see is simply a cloned desktop when trying to run two monitors on the primary card having two ports. For expanding a single desktop you are then talking about a software controlled process with a software like UltraMon if not using the video card's own software display setting for that. As for seeing cards with two ports the newer lines see a higher percentage of models having two ports there.
No, I follow what you said, your trying to turn around what you said in post 31, the most you would have is a cloned destop period.
There's no turn around there. The mention of SLI in post #31 applies to adding a pci type card in order to expand the desktop while in SLI mode. The discussion on seeing a cloned desktop applies to using both vga ports on the primary card in an SLI or Crossfire even type of setup. That's where you would see raw signal with no software control over that.
You didnt say anything about a PCI card in post 31, I did in post 36. What you said in post 31 is not true and you are trying to turn around what you said.
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