Need help finding suitable board

PawCat · 11 Sep 2010 at 21:14

I am looking to go GTX 460 SLI ( gigabyte OC ) and also use an X-FI Elite Pro sound card which requires a PCI slot

I need to find a mobo that will allow me to do this . I was looking at the Asus P6X58D-E but it looks like running sli would block both the pci slots :confused:

Help please !!!

stulid · 11 Sep 2010 at 21:39

RJC · 11 Sep 2010 at 22:14

You can go with something like the Gigabyte UD3R link below and use the first and last PCI-E slot, but the last PCI-E will only run at 8x rather than 16x. So you would be running at 16x & 8x and still be able to use your PCI slot.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-235-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1692

One thing you need to chaeck is your case has the correct alinement on the expansion slots.

rush_syndrome · 11 Sep 2010 at 22:24

I had this problem when I bought a UDR9 - I lost my PCI slots so couldn't mount the X-FI Elite Pro. I bought an Asus Xonar PCIE instead and it was a massive improvement over the X-Fi and when I get round to sellling the X-FI Elite Pro, it will more or less pay for the Xonar. I found it hard to let the card go because I really liked it but the difference is staggering IMO.

PawCat · 12 Sep 2010 at 00:18

thanks for the replies .
dont really want to purchase a new sound card as i am very happy with the elite pro and not looking to spend on sound card ( but i will keep it in mind if all elese fails )

My case is antec 1200 so should be fine for all boards.

anyone got this board MSI X58A-GD65 and would sli and my sound card fit ? the gap between the slots looks ok from the pictures ......?

jakesnake · 18 Sep 2010 at 01:20

PawCat said:
anyone got this board MSI X58A-GD65 and would sli and my sound card fit ? the gap between the slots looks ok from the pictures ......?

i just read a review on that board and it looks very nice
its on par with the Asus P6X58D-E for performance and it does look
to have very much nicer PCI-E slots.

correct me if im wrong but the 3 PCI-E slots on this board r all x16
the first and last blue slots you could drive a tank inbetween, GREAT?

please correct me if im wrong! :cool:

review : http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1919&pageID=9436

413x · 18 Sep 2010 at 10:22

just looking at this thread and this board.. the slot placement would be almost perfect for what i want.
1 pci e x1 for my tv tuner
1 pci e x16 for my 5850 card
1 pci-e x16 for a possible extra 5850
1 pci slot for my wireless card
1 more pci-e long slot for a sound card

wow 5 usuable practical slots

may look into this as my p6t se replacement when i get an ssd