Help pls, need 1 PCI-E 16X, 4X AND 1X!

carbon8ed · 9 Aug 2008 at 17:44

Current board is GA-P35-DS4 which has a PCI-E slot which runs at 16x for the graphics, a second graphics PCI-E slot which if occupied will run at 4x and is occupied with an Adaptec 1430SA, but if I occupy the 2nd graphics PCI-E slot, the 1 x PCI-E are disabled. So, my quest is for a s775 board with 6-8 onboard SATA ports and a PCI-E graphics slot, at least 1 4 x slot and 1 or more 1x PCI-E slots which can all work at the same time. Is this an impossible quest? Thanks

carbon8ed · 9 Aug 2008 at 18:28

Cob said:
Abit IP35 Pro

No idea if any of the new P45 based boards can do the same.

If the PATA is disabled with that give me a single 1 x PCI-E?

carbon8ed · 10 Aug 2008 at 10:28

Thanks peeps, maths again haha 16 + 4 + 1 - nic + jmicron + pata still = 22 phew!

carbon8ed · 10 Aug 2008 at 20:14

I would like to be able to run my 7900GTO in the 16x lane (though doubt it uses that much as card is old), I have a RAID card with OS which is currently running in the second graphics PCI-e slot which when the first is occupied drops to 4x which is perfect for the card. BUT with the two graphics slots filled I now lose the 1 x slots and additional SATA cards for 1 x PCI-e are around the same or less than PCI, so it makes sense to run all PCI-e if I can.

Cheers for all the replies peeps