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n00bst3r

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Hi all, I'm building a PC using the ASUS M4N98T EVO Motherboard. My quick question is, will 2x nVidia GeForce GTX 460's in SLI (probably from EVGA) fit on the board with a wireless card? Sorry, having never built a PC I don't even know where one goes but I just need to know I can fit one on so I can buy it. Thanks :)
 
yes, two of those cards can go on that motherboard, the wireless card should be able to fit, but just barely.

With those cards you should also worry about if they will fit in whatever case you choose.
 
n00bst3r said:
Hi all, I'm building a PC using the ASUS M4N98T EVO Motherboard. My quick question is, will 2x nVidia GeForce GTX 460's in SLI (probably from EVGA) fit on the board with a wireless card? Sorry, having never built a PC I don't even know where one goes but I just need to know I can fit one on so I can buy it. Thanks :)
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It depends whether it is a PCI or PCIe wireless card. If it is PCIe you have a slot above your top card, so that shouldn't be a problem. If it is PCI, your PCI slots are between your PCIe x16 slots, where your video card will be, so depending on the design of your top video card's cooler, you may have an issue with it

You said you haven't built a system before, what power supply did you go with? Don't have done the whole "this unit is cheap but has high wattage so therefore must be a good buy" because it doesn't work like that, stick to a quality unit.

Rocko said:
yes, two of those cards can go on that motherboard, the wireless card should be able to fit, but just barely.

With those cards you should also worry about if they will fit in whatever case you choose.
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The size of case shouldn't be a problem. They will fit into any mid ATX case easily, the 460's are surprisingly small cards
 
Thanks for your replies :). Well I will just have to make sure I pick up a PCI-e wireless card Aastii (their faster anyway aren't they? Also, yes I did notice the GPU's are a tad smaller than the higher models of the GeForce GTX's but I will be using the Cooler Master HAF 932 so space won't be a problem on any level ;). Running a few builds through a PSU calculator I have chosen the Gigabyte ODIN GT 800W, sound ok?
 
n00bst3r said:
Thanks for your replies :). Well I will just have to make sure I pick up a PCI-e wireless card Aastii (their faster anyway aren't they? Also, yes I did notice the GPU's are a tad smaller than the higher models of the GeForce GTX's but I will be using the Cooler Master HAF 932 so space won't be a problem on any level ;). Running a few builds through a PSU calculator I have chosen the Gigabyte ODIN GT 800W, sound ok?
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You won't see a difference in speed between a PCIe or PCI network card. Although PCIe is quicker than PCI, n networks only work at a maximum of 75MB/s (600 Mb/s), which is slower than any PCI lane runs at, so the card is the bottleneck, not the PCI lane.

As to the PSU, the calculators are sort of what I was talking about. They will say "you need a 700W PSU" or whatever, but not all 700W PSUs are the same. The reason some cost $20 and some cost $100 is because, not surprisingly, the more epensive one is a hell of alot better. It is more reliable, the power is cleaner, the unit is more efficient and generally you get better perks (warranty and what not) with higher quality units.

Unless you have already bought the unit, I would switch to something more reliable. It is a CWT unit, but not the greatest. Antec, Corsair, XFX, Silverstone, Seasonic, BFG, Pc Power & Cooling and Enermax are good choices
 
Aastii said:
You won't see a difference in speed between a PCIe or PCI network card. Although PCIe is quicker than PCI, n networks only work at a maximum of 75MB/s (600 Mb/s), which is slower than any PCI lane runs at, so the card is the bottleneck, not the PCI lane.

As to the PSU, the calculators are sort of what I was talking about. They will say "you need a 700W PSU" or whatever, but not all 700W PSUs are the same. The reason some cost $20 and some cost $100 is because, not surprisingly, the more epensive one is a hell of alot better. It is more reliable, the power is cleaner, the unit is more efficient and generally you get better perks (warranty and what not) with higher quality units.

Unless you have already bought the unit, I would switch to something more reliable. It is a CWT unit, but not the greatest. Antec, Corsair, XFX, Silverstone, Seasonic, BFG, Pc Power & Cooling and Enermax are good choices
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Not them anymore... BFG Tech went under :(
 
Ok, now looking at the new Silverstone Strider Plus 850W or the Antec TruePower Quattro 850W TPQ-850. Think they support SLI. They sound OK?
 
linkin said:
Not them anymore... BFG Tech went under :(
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They did, but they are still there. You can still get BFG power supplies and they are still pretty decent quality, but aren't BFG any more, the rights to the name for some of the stuff was bought out by Diamond

FuryRosewood said:
iirc bfg pulled out of the graphics card market only, i may be wrong tho.
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Initially, yes. They stopped selling their cards, but still produced them, they just put them in their own systems rather than sell them individually. They have now gone into full liquidation though (hence the lack of warranty stranglehold)

n00bst3r said:
Ok, now looking at the new Silverstone Strider Plus 850W or the Antec TruePower Quattro 850W TPQ-850. Think they support SLI. They sound OK?
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Saying a power supply supports SLI is a marketing technique. You don't need a unit that says SLI anywhere on it to run SLI. A power supply that runs SLI doesn't mean it won't run crossfire or vice versa. The units you picked are both good though. I would go with the Antec personally
 
As far as I know the Antec and Silverstone are both made be Enhance, toss up. I would go with a XFX over either one.
 
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