hay everyone looking for a cheap 3 or 4 way sli/crossfire motherboard any sugestions i dont mind if it's am2, am2+, am3 but it's gotta handle 3 or 4 graphics cards without getting out the soldering iron to modify a 1x pci-e connector. any suggestions
Generally, they advertise even mid range boards as being 4 way SLI and crossfire X compatible, the difference is, it can only be 2 GTX 590's or 2 6990's. I can only suggest these: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/giga...-20-ddr3-1866(oc)-sata-6gb-s-sata-raid-xl-atx http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus...e-20-(x16)-ddr3-2133-2000-sata-6gb-s-raid-atx http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus...0(x16)-ddr3-2133(oc)-sata-6gb-s-sata-raid-atx Looking at it, you do not need a multi GPU config to do this. You can pop them in without a bridge. The most affordable you can get is the crosshair IV, which has plummeted in price: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus...-e-20-ddr3-1600-1800-1866-sata-6gb-s-raid-atx
those boards look awesome but are too expensive, really looking too spend less than £100 ex shipping, on a three or four port pcie x16 slot motherboard, or motherboard with open ended x1 or x4 pcie slots as thru put to the cards isnt important for my setup your right i only really used crossfire descritivly, dont really intend to implement it
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I really don't remember ever seeing a good mobo at or below your budget with more than 2 slots... and even boards with moer than 2 slots aren't usually all 16x unless it's a higher end chipset.
Just had a look at AMD boards. The crosshair IV is the cheapest you can get for what you want. Edit: Will this do? http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus...-(x16)-ddr3-2133(oc)-sata-6gb-s-sata-raid-atx
your right they usually are pcie 16x but with pcie 8x electricals, i'm not worried about thru put just that they will fit a pcie gpu. from what i gather pcie 1x slots would be fine aslong as they have open ends
that looks better but i was thinking along these lines http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardw...p-crossfire-capable-motherboard-785g-igp.html
There area few of the new 990 chipset am3+ boards from MSI and Gigabyte that have 4 x16@x8 slots. Probably still more than you're looking to spend though.
MSI K9A2 Platinum support 4 cards (& in crossfire if you wanted). I've got one going spare if you're interested.
Hmm, interesting. What sort of money are we talking, enough to pay the electricity bill of leaving your PC on or being able to buy a piece of pc hardware each month say?
enought to pay back your invest meant in 2 or 3 months e.g. all electrical plus the cost of your rigg your gpu's have to be ati 4/5/6 the more shaders the better nvidia just doesnt cut the mustard top end nividia is 3 or 4 times slower than a 5770 the sweet spot just now gotta be the 5850 for price/performance a 5770 running 24x7 will net you approx $20 per week if your gonna do it sign upto slushes pool
Darren, what do you think of http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-...hz-gddr5-gpu-870mhz-1600-cores-2x-dvi-hdmi-dp ? Is it worth getting that over a 2 x 5770?
OP, as for the board you are looking at, I can suggest 4 of these: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-...dr5-gpu-850mhz-800-cores-inc-free-dirt-3-game If you get these, please can I give you a little for one of the dirt 3 keys?