Anyone else running out of PCI slots?

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  1. NiHiLiST

    NiHiLiST New-born car whore

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    I need more PCI slots :'( If I could afford a new motherboard I could sort myself out fine by getting something with 4 ide channels onboard and LAN. Currently I have this setup:

    AGP - PNY GeForce4 Ti4200
    PCI1 - Unused (soon to be TV card)
    PCI2 - D-Link 10/100 NIC
    PCI3 - Matrox Millenium II
    PCI4 - Belkin USB2.0
    PCI5 - RAIDcard (****ty one, just use for extra channels)

    And even the slot at the very bottom (only 5 PCI slots on this board) is used by the motherboard's 2 extra USB ports :sigh:

    Thank god for onboard sound. As I said, if I could get a new motherboard I'd be fine, since I could get one with LAN, USB2.0 and the extra IDE channels thus freeing up 3 slots, 1 of which could be used for a half-decent sound card.

    Nevermind :(
     
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  2. BjD

    BjD What's a Dremel?

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    I have a cheapie mobo, just the 3 slots :( and theyre all full, with a hauppage winTV, cheapie NIC, and DPT SCSI card. Luckily i dont really need any more cards! I am going to upgrade when i have the money, which isnt goin to be any time soon :( unfortunately, so i can hopefully get onboard LAN, and some more slots so i have some room for expansion hehe :D
     
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  3. NiHiLiST

    NiHiLiST New-born car whore

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    I have a half-decent board. It's an MSI KT3-Ultra (okay, so not THAT decent really) but with my slots all getting full I could do with something a bit more recent like an Asus A7N8X Deluxe for the onboard USB2/LAN/RAID.

    I reckon I'll end up holding out until the Athlon64 comes out before I upgrade my system properly though, so I'll just have to put up with crappy sound for now.
     
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  4. Atticus

    Atticus What's a Dremel?

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    /me hasn't used any PCI slots yet... (NForce 2 Mobo, so it's got the basic stuff, to get me started, built in...)

    Adding in a Ti 4800 SE tomorrow though, so that's the AGP slot gone. Planning on adding a good sound card in as well... but that still leaves me with 3 PCI free...
     
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  5. olv

    olv he's so bright

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    i've got 5 free here, want me to send you some lol :lol:
     
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  6. NiHiLiST

    NiHiLiST New-born car whore

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    OMG LOL :) Yeah :p Maybe I could mod my NIC and USB2 ports together, they're both small cards :) Bit of glue and they'll be fine.
     
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  7. olv

    olv he's so bright

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    somehow i think they would cease to working after a modding adventure like that!
     
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  8. NiHiLiST

    NiHiLiST New-born car whore

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    Not if I used a dremel :dremel:

    Heh, seriously though, it does really suck quite badly since I'm left with my awful onboard sound, plus all those shared IRQs can't be a good thing surely :eyebrow:
     
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  9. Bruno_me

    Bruno_me Fake-ad‎min

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    yeah, I only use 1 for SCSI and everything else is onboard (LAN, video, audio)


    I wonder what the shipping for PCI slots is :lol:
     
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  10. JADS

    JADS Et arma et verba vulnerant

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    Back in the day I had a problem

    ATI Rage Pro (AGP slot)
    Creative 3D Blaster Voodoo 2 12MB (PCI slot 1)
    Hauppuage WinTV Radio (PCI slot 2)
    Creative Encore DVD Decoder card (PCI slot 3)
    Soundblaster Live! Platinum (PCI slot 4)
    D-Link 530TX 10/100 Network card (PCI slot 5)

    only prob was there wasn't a PCI slot 5 ;)

    Presently (still same case)
    ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (AGP slot)
    Soundblaster Live! Platinum (PCI slot 1)
    D-Link 550TX 10/100 Network card (PCI slot 2)
     
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  11. NiHiLiST

    NiHiLiST New-born car whore

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    :( Looks like noone else has the same problem as me.
     
    NiHiLiST, 2 Jun 2003
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  12. buglish

    buglish What's a Dremel?

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    i dont use any PCI slots atm :p

    well, not until i buy my soundcard and get networked, but even then, i'll have 4 free :D
     
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  13. herbs

    herbs Nobody but us chickens

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    I know the solution get another pc, that way you can share the duties like I do on my pcs, one is a htpc the other is a games machine, another is used for downloading etc. that way you will have enough slots :D
     
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  14. NiHiLiST

    NiHiLiST New-born car whore

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    But surely it'd just be cheaper and easier to get a new motherboard than a whole second computer :)
     
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  15. Mr T

    Mr T 4 Left Into Long 3 Right

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    I got 6 on my motherboard with the bottom 3 filled with

    Soundblater Live 1024
    WinTV Primo FM
    Netgear FA311 Nic

    so i got 3 spare slots :) Im thinking about using my onboard sound too freeing up another :)
     
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  16. RTT

    RTT #parp

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    I have 6 free PCIs on my NF7-S v2 rig, and anywhere between 3 and 5 spare on all my other rigs :D
     
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  17. star882

    star882 What's a Dremel?

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    AGP: GeForce 4 MX 420
    PCI1: empty(without slot cover to keep GF cool)
    PCI2: PCTV Pro
    PCI3: Mad Dog 4.1 sound card
    PCI4: empty
     
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  18. jetsetjimbo

    jetsetjimbo Up-up and away

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    You could always get a nforce2 board, loads of the stuff will be on the motherbaord itself then?
     
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  19. NiHiLiST

    NiHiLiST New-born car whore

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    If I could afford a new motherboard then maybe, but I can't :( nForce2 would be nice for the onboard LAN and USB2, plus some have decent sound too. Nevermind :(
     
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  20. jetsetjimbo

    jetsetjimbo Up-up and away

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    Mind you, if you can find a bidder for your motherboard and all the pci cards you could almost afford a new board :lol:
     
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