Micro ATX 1150 SLI mobo

easyrider · 26 May 2016 at 00:30

Can you recommend me a micro atx mobo that will run sli for 2 x 1070 and allow to plop my 4790k chip in please

Thanks

Danny75 · 26 May 2016 at 00:51

There's only one that fits the bill available on the webshop:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Asus TUF Z97 Gryphon Armor Edition Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard= £134.99

Total: £145.49
(includes shipping: £10.50)

Think it's 5 year warranty.

pastymuncher · 26 May 2016 at 11:01

The spacing is extremely tight on that. It uses the top two slots with a pci-e 1x slot between them. The bottom black slot is limited to pci-e 2.0 4x. I can't find anything better that's in stock anywhere else though.

easyrider · 26 May 2016 at 11:03

pastymuncher said:
The spacing is extremely tight on that. It uses the top two slots with a pci-e 1x slot between them. The bottom black slot is limited to pci-e 2.0 4x. I can't find anything better that's in stock anywhere else though.

Thanks guys

I have seen this

http://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/Z97M OC FORMULA/

But can't work out if I can use the bottom pci-e slot for sli

mickyflinn · 26 May 2016 at 11:38

easyrider said:
Thanks guys

I have seen this

http://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/Z97M OC FORMULA/

But can't work out if I can use the bottom pci-e slot for sli

The sli slots are 1 and 3, The bottom slot is only wired for four lanes and uses the chipset's slower 2.0 signaling.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/asrock-z97m-oc-formula-motherboard,review-33331.html

easyrider · 26 May 2016 at 11:53

mickyflinn said:
The sli slots are 1 and 3, The bottom slot is only wired for four lanes and uses the chipset's slower 2.0 signaling.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/asrock-z97m-oc-formula-motherboard,review-33331.html

Thanks

By the looks of things there is nothing I can do about the spacing on both mobo's suggested.

pastymuncher · 26 May 2016 at 13:07

Saw that Asrock earlier and it's a cracking price but still the same problem. Unfortunately I don't think you are going to find any better now.

Danny75 · 26 May 2016 at 15:16

Maybe look for Z87's too. If you find a micro-ATX SLI with more spacing, obviously make sure your case has at least 5 expansion slots.

easyrider · 26 May 2016 at 18:34

Danny75 said:
Maybe look for Z87's too. If you find a micro-ATX SLI with more spacing, obviously make sure your case has at least 5 expansion slots.

Found any ?

Danny75 · 26 May 2016 at 19:26

easyrider said:
Found any ?

Not unless I stick my Z87 ATX in the washing machine for you.

Speaking of which, is a change of case to ATX out of the question?

easyrider · 26 May 2016 at 19:31

Danny75 said:
Not unless I stick my Z87 ATX in the washing machine for you.

Speaking of which, is a change of case to ATX out of the question?

Not really at a push

Danny75 · 27 May 2016 at 01:44

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4482#ov

If you can find one somewhere. That one uses the 1st and 3rd PCI-E 3.0 slots for SLI.