SLI question

[magick]

If your using 2 gfx in SLI which sockets do you put the cards on? Is it the blue PCIe slots or can it be the blue and white one?

 

[Guardsmon]

The 2 blue are full x16 speed PCI-E 2.0 and the middle is only PCI-E1, so you can put them in any of the 3, though if you have PCI-E 2.0 compatiable cards, then you'd get the best results using the blue, its probably best to use the blue anyway.

(may be wrong, but someone will tell me soon enough if i am)

 

[magick]

Ok thanks for that. Does that mean with 2 gfx cards in the blue slots i'll be unable to install one of these :-

As it looks like this card takes up 2 pci slots.

 

[PhillyDee]

Fair point. Phone up OcUK and ask them? Its very hard to tell. I would say only 1 slot tbh, if you look at the rear of the card.

 

[magick]

Fair point. Phone up OcUK and ask them? Its very hard to tell. I would say only 1 slot tbh, if you look at the rear of the card.

LOL, everytime I phone ocuk for tech advice i'm in a call cue for 20 min before I get through.

 

[Reality|Bites]

Nope you won't be able to install the soundcard.

You could if you removed the EMI shield though.

 

[{SAS}TB]

Yeah the two blue

"- 2 x PCIe2.0 x16 slot, support NVIDIA® SLI™ technology, at full x16, x16 speed(blue)"

This board, IIRC, comes with a Supreme FX II Audio Card, so the replacement card you want to install "should" be able to sit where the card that comes with it is designed to.

The card does sit very tight up against the "top" card and will get toasty

example:

edit EDIT

Sorry, scratch that it looks like the Razer needs a full PCI slot :S so it may go where that slot cooler is shown above.

Are you gonna be using single or double slot GFX ?

There is room with two double slot cards, but it will be tight and toasty

I know its a Formula and not an extreme, but the layout is the same

 

[magick]

Thanks for the pix. I'll be using double slot gfx.

Is the supremefx sound that comes with the asus a good soundcard? The main reason I was thinking of geting a razer was to have the 5.1 headphones. I know they can be used with other soundcards, but to get the best out them you need razers own soundcard don't you as they're very bass-light with other cards?

And does antec cooler make your system much noisier?

 

[{SAS}TB]

TBH i didnt get much chance to test the soundcard as I RMAd the board and swapped it for an EVGA.

The double slot cooler is quite noisy, but ive swapped that out for a single slot, shorter version here which sits right against the extract of the top card - It helps a great deal with the temps and is a lot quieter than the double slot version. Its a trade off between temps and noise - for the price id buy one and test it yourself

 

[magick]

Will do. The case I'm thinking of using is the coolermaster cosmos which has soundproofing so that shold deaden the noise those cards should make.