3570k which motherboard sli

nathanael91 · 12 Sep 2013 at 17:36

Hi everyone.

I'm thinking about upgrading my motherboard for sli. I have a 670 2gb gigabyte and a xonar soundcard £30.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-390-GI
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-015-AS

I don't mind spending good money. If possible i would like a motherboard which can do a quad sli with 670. i plan on not buying a new system anytime soon.

stulid · 12 Sep 2013 at 19:33

The only boards that support quad SLI are ones with a PLX chip (adds extra PCI-E lanes by doubling whats available from the CPU) which means they are huge money.

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Total : £1,160.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).

So getting back to reality, the one you have highlighted will do dual SLI and you can place the sound card in the very first slot above the gfx cards.

nathanael91 · 12 Sep 2013 at 21:27

the sound card only worked in the x16 slot which takes up the space of where the other graphics card is meant to go.

trust me i have tried in other smaller x1,x8 etc i have posted a thread about sound card problems to get this fixed.

Stulid im sure you have helped me out a lot in my journey on OC. cheers for that.

Could you recommend any motherboards that are good for dual or quad sli with sound cards?

setter · 12 Sep 2013 at 21:32

Prior to the spec in sig i used an Asus P8 Z77 V Pro. Good slot spacing for sli and i was able to put my xonar DX pcie card in the slot above the top graphics card. Cards used were gtx 670 wf x3's.

stulid · 12 Sep 2013 at 21:39

nathanael91 said:
Could you recommend any motherboards that are good for dual or quad sli with sound cards?

I think the one you originally linked to is fine, you dont really need a quad SLI board do you?

Setter has posted a nice pic of a SLI setup+sound card and a large K2 cooler.