old type pci slots on asus 170/270 series moutherboards

ALIEN1X · 15 Apr 2017 at 14:31

Hello,
I have noticed that most new modern mouther boards do not have old pci slot for legacy cards, as they all have pci -e verion 2 or 3?
Can anyone tell me if the Asus 170 and 270 series has pci slot as I need to use my existing pro audio card for recording?

varkanoid · 15 Apr 2017 at 15:48

Why dont you just look on the ASUS website ?

Kurgen · 15 Apr 2017 at 16:41

i dont think any motherboards have pci slots now. All pcie, you would have to look for something older like AM3 and FM2.. wouldnt it be better to look for a new sound card

Hagar · 15 Apr 2017 at 18:41

Could try Asrock Z270 Pro 4

ALIEN1X · 16 Apr 2017 at 00:23

Kurgen said:
i dont think any motherboards have pci slots now. All pcie, you would have to look for something older like AM3 and FM2.. wouldnt it be better to look for a new sound card

I wanted to use my original pro audio soundcard as it has a very good on board sound set its the classic Yamaha SW1000XG.
its a real shame todays motherboards do not support legacy hardware.

ALIEN1X · 16 Apr 2017 at 00:25

varkanoid said:
Why dont you just look on the ASUS website ?

Aus website dose not give much info, may have to call them or email them.

Yutang13 · 16 Apr 2017 at 10:08

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-68z-as.html

There you go. An asus Z270 board with two PCI slots.

ALIEN1X · 16 Apr 2017 at 15:40

Yutang13 said:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-68z-as.html

There you go. An asus Z270 board with two PCI slots.

Wow thanks, I just baffled why I could not find this my self. Thanks very much for your help guys, really appreciated .
Just one more thing are these mother boards any good for home office work and music production studio hence I will be making music and recording using software?

There may another option that came to mind, and that's to use PCIE to pci adaptors on the slots for audio cards?

varkanoid · 17 Apr 2017 at 15:37

ALIEN1X said:
Aus website dose not give much info, may have to call them or email them.

ASUS website gives you ALL the info. All you had to do was look at the spec of the motherboards and the pictures show the slots too so you can SEE which ones have PCI or PCIE slots.

Just about any motherboard will suit your purpose.

FredFlint · 17 Apr 2017 at 20:46

Some of the new AM4 mobo's have PCI, the MSI B350 has 2.

ALIEN1X · 19 Apr 2017 at 21:01

varkanoid said:
ASUS website gives you ALL the info. All you had to do was look at the spec of the motherboards and the pictures show the slots too so you can SEE which ones have PCI or PCIE slots.

Just about any motherboard will suit your purpose.

I found these but not sure what the pros and cons are between. I need PCI slots, and a pc for music production, home office use and come to think of it occasional CAD but at least capable of it.
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/PRIME-Z270-K/overview/

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/PRIME-Q270M-C/

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/H170-PRO/
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/H170-PLUS-D3/
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/H170-PRO-USB-3-1/
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/H170M-E-D3/