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I need a m board that will take a sandy 2600k 2 6970's and allow for a sound card aswell, i would like to easily be able to clock the chip so something descent, so i need specced

mboard
gfx cards
chip

i already have a corsair h50 and ram and psu so the budget for the cards and board and chip is 1k

help
 
I was looking at the msi big bang marshall and posted in motherboards but my case wont fit it as its an 8 slot board, what about the asus one for £200?

Asus P8P67 DELUXE
 
cmndr_andi said:
When you say you need a board that will take two 6970s, you mentioned in an earlier post that you have two ASUS HD 6970 Direct CU II cards on order (triple slot coolers). Is this still the case or are you looking to change that now?

Also, to point out to others, the sound card the OP mentions is a PCIE ASUS Xonar DX.

If you want to stick with the triple slot GPUs, then the 8 slot MSI Big Bang Mashall is a good deal (especially if you get an expensive CPU cooler free with it). However, you may have an issue with fitting a massive board like that in your current case - I will go have a look at that now.

If it does transpire that your existing case can't fit a "34.5cm(L) x 26.4cm(W) XL-ATX Form Factor" board like the Marshall then your options are to either:
- change the graphics cards for dual-slot cooler models
- do without a PCI/PCIE sound card (USB card perhaps)
- change your case for one that fits an 8 slot board like the marshall
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I think im going to change the gfx cards to double slot 6970's so i dont need a silly amount of slots as the big bang marshall wont fit in my nzxt case
 
I have toyed with 2 580's but its nearing 200 quid more for 2 of them i think its a bit too much, i think a triple slot cards as you say are a bit daft in xfire.
 
700w im not going to go for 580's just to much money really, i think i will go for the asrock, do many boards have wireless lan built in these days?
 
cmndr_andi said:
That is fair enough, the GTX 580 is a big step up in price, but have you considered the GTX 570 like this one?

You mention you have a 700W PSU, that's the OCZ ModXtreme, right?

As for wireless LAN, not many enthusiast boards feature it (since if you are gaming you are much better off using Gigabit ethernet or even powerline).
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I wasnt aware 2 570's were a better setup than 2 6970's? they are 1200meg cards as opposed to 2 gig and i game at 2560x1600 so i need the ram really

Yeah the OCZ is what i have
 
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