AMD3+, Micro ATX, 2 * PCIe x16

Humble_Pie · 14 Jun 2013 at 21:28

Hi, I'm having trouble finding a motherboard with these requirements:

Socket: AMD3+
Form factor: Micro ATX
Expansion slots: two PCIe x16 slots (even if they run in 8x during crossfire it is acceptable)

Is there a motherboard with such a specification? I'm having trouble finding one on OcUK.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Humble Pie

stulid · 14 Jun 2013 at 21:58

Dont believe there are an boards matching those requirements, 99% sure you are left with a ATX sized board.

Humble_Pie · 14 Jun 2013 at 22:19

stulid said:
Dont believe there are an boards matching those requirements, 99% sure you are left with a ATX sized board.

Okay then, I'm looking at the Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A i'm just wondering, the 2nd PCI-e x16 slot runs at x4, will this bottle neck an ATI Radeon 5770?

Thanks again.

stulid · 14 Jun 2013 at 22:28

Yes it will bottleneck the 2nd GPU, get a 990 chipset board which will be 8X/8X or greater.

Humble_Pie · 14 Jun 2013 at 23:42

stulid said:
Yes it will bottleneck the 2nd GPU, get a 990 chipset board which will be 8X/8X or greater.

Thanks for that, look's like I'm going with the Gigabyte 990XA-UD3.