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5 or 6 PCI ATX Motherboard 2 pci E

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by spawn1980, Aug 27, 2008.

  1. spawn1980

    spawn1980 Regular member

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    I'm looking for a ATX Motherboard with 5 or 6 pci Slot and 2 pci E Slots at a Price UNDER $100 and thats faster then my old 3800+ 2.4 GHz
     
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    A motherboard can't be faster than a processor, they're different things.... :p

    As for the features you're looking for, do you mean PCIe 1x or PCIe 16x slots? The former is doable, the latter is impossible, as you'd need a board so large to accomodate them it wouldn't fit in most cases.
     
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    I meant a 2xPCIe 16 and a few regaler PCI Slots below the most a ATX motherboard can carry
     
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    The highest I think I've ever seen recently is two.
     
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    spawn1980 Regular member

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    NO!!.. Ok lets try this another way is there a motherboard with a Good Video card and gigabyte Lan Speed. that way I can Cut the PCIs in need Down.
     
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    All motherboards today have decent gigabit LAN, some not very good boards have integrated graphics, but it's rarely any good, you will want to stick with a PCIe 16x slot graphics card. Were you thinking of using a sound card? Onboard sound is good these days, and failing that, you can get a USB sound card like I did.
     
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    Onboard sound is good I've never had a usb sound card. But I don't think I will have space for that because I have a lot of usb plugs for the ports. So what type of motherboard do you prefer with at least 3xPCI
     
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    I don't even know if such a thing exists with two PCIe 16x slots - are you using dual graphics?
    With one PCIe 16x slot I'd go with a Gigabyte P45 board, they have ample USB ports, with a backplate included to use even more.
     
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    I tend to steer people away from cheaper Asus motherboards, that company have made a lot of bad boards in their time, and only the more expensive ones can be trusted. This is a nice inexpensive board that can be trusted, and will do pretty much everything:
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128334
     
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    WHAT NO HDMI!! My motherboard right now is a Asus A8M2N-LA its a Great Board no Problems just not Fast or Powerful enough for me. But are you sure that the board you pick is better then the one I picked. I was also looking at a Phenom CPU
     
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    Integrated HDMI is irrelevant, that board doesn't have onboard graphics, and realistically, you don't want integrated graphics.
    Cheaper Asus boards don't last, they work for a while, then randomly seem to break, I've owned three that have done just that, and others are famous for it.
     
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    Ok I will look into the "GIGABYTE GA-EP31-DS3L LGA" Does it come with the panel that snaps on the back of my case.
     
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    Yes, all retail motherboards do.
     
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    just by chance if you had to pick another motherboard above that one what would it be.
     
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    I just Remember that I have Xp Home 32bit and I have a recent backup of my system and these motherboards are all 64bit how will I recover my info.
     
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    Just because your motherboard can sdupport a 64-bit processor and may have one installed doesn't mean it is running a 64-bit operating system.
     
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    ok So I can run my 32bit XP on a 64bit Machine. I thought it has to be the same.
     
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    Nope, and I generally recommend 32-bit OSes.
     

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