iis there a mobo that....

[Dr Studly]

out of curiosity is there a mobo that supports FX-60, 2 of thos big 7900GTX cards, a Sound Card, and a SCSI card...

all the mobo i have ran into that are socket 939, FX supporting are setup like this...
(blue line is the PCIe)

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or something like that, takes up 4 slots...
so those 2 blue PCI slots take the slot after them

so we have this (x shows the slots that can't be used...)


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so there is just one slot left for the sound card... are there any mobos that support those 2 cards and a sound card and a SCSI card?

 

[thealmightyone]

There's the DFI Expert, the MSI K8N Diamond, the Asus A8N-SLi Premium or the Asus A8N-SLi Deluxe. There are probably cheaper ones that fit your bill, but i think thats enough. Although all the cards can fit, these mobos have the nForce sli chipset. This means that dual gtx's dont perform any better that dual gt's, or only slightly slightly more if not at all. So, go for 1 gtx or 2 gt's.

The chipset that allows dual gtx's to perform optimally is the nForce sli x16, which can be found on mobos, but not one laid out how you wish. The Abit AN8 32X is one such board.

However, if you wish to use Ati cards, there are a few mobos that have the layout you're looking for AND allow dual 512mb x1900xt's to perform optimally, such as the Asus A8R32-MVP or the DFI CFX3200-DR.

 

[34erd]

Ir you could get a PCI-e SCSI controller. It might be a bit cramped, but it will work. Why do you need SCSI on a gaming rig though?

 

[thealmightyone]

The same problem arises if you replace the SCSI card with the new Physx card. A system with dual 1900gt's or dual 7900gtx's, a pci Physx card and a Creative XFi soundcard is amazing, if you can get them to fit.