More than two PCI slots

Stubbsy · 17 Dec 2010 at 14:44

Is it possible to get motherboards (these days) with more than 2 PCI slots so I could fit three or more wireless network adapters?

I know you used to have a lot, when everything used to be PCI, but most things aren't now. I had a quick look and most appear to have two only.

thanks,
Paul

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DragonQ · 17 Dec 2010 at 14:48

I can't think of any with more than two, no. Could you not buy a new PCI-E 1x card and use it with two of your PCI ones?

Stubbsy · 17 Dec 2010 at 14:49

I did not apprecaite that wifi cards supported PCI-E. I thought they were all PCI. I haven't bought one for a little while.
I don't have any "existing" card, so I'm looking to buy all new. Perhaps you've just suggested a better solution.

Orcvader · 17 Dec 2010 at 14:54

If you want an AMD build: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-283-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782
It's got 3 and it won't get in the way of any dual slot GPU cards.

For i5: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-248-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1495

Stubbsy · 17 Dec 2010 at 14:56

Thanks orcvader. Both are a bit on the higher side of the budget. The system that i'm looking to put together (the entire system, i have no parts yet) is related to my other post about multiple wireless networks. I was hoping there might be a cheap solution. Perhaps I'll have to just start with 2 and go super budget.

ThomasTheTankEngine · 17 Dec 2010 at 14:57

"ASUS P6T WS Professional" has 1 regular pci, and 2 pci-x (not the same as pci-ex, it's like a better version of a regular pci).

"ASRock X58 Supercomputer" has 3 regular pci slots.

DragonQ · 17 Dec 2010 at 15:08

OcUK only have one PCI-E WiFi card but it's out of stock:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-004-TP&groupid=46&catid=1597&subcat=1622

Stubbsy · 17 Dec 2010 at 15:20

OK, thanks for everyone's replies. I guess this won't be a cheap solution after all :<

ThomasTheTankEngine · 17 Dec 2010 at 15:24

Why does it have to be pci though? they make pci-e network cards.

Stubbsy · 17 Dec 2010 at 15:26

Yeah you're right, and I could get a cheap motherboard with 2xPCI and 1xPCI-E i guess. That seems to be the most cost effective solution.

Orcvader · 18 Dec 2010 at 01:14

Well, this motherboard is £52: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-034-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

Memphis · 19 Dec 2010 at 16:01

May I ask why you need to hook up "3 or more" wireless adapters? I'm genuinely curious as to what you would do with such a setup

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Why not just get USB ones?

theron · 19 Dec 2010 at 17:32

usb ones are better imo so u can move them to best reception

Stubbsy · 19 Dec 2010 at 17:39

you can't get the correct drivers for USB ones. only PCI cards with certain chipsets are good enough for my research (so i can easily modify the drivers)

infernox · 19 Dec 2010 at 18:01

Im curious, what for ? ^

Stubbsy · 19 Dec 2010 at 18:03

well, let's say you were in the vicinity of several networks and you wanted to do things with those networks without someone else knowing, and you wanted to segment the ip/bandwidth usage for specific tasks. maybe you want to act as a freenet node but don't want to use your own ip. or something.