SLI mATX motherboard

[August0110]

Hello everyone! I was looking at mATX motherboards for a possible build om saving up for, and noticed that most mATX boards only support 1 16x 3.0 PCIe lane, but 2 of the 16x 2.0? The GTX 780 I want, says it reqiures 1 16x 3.0; will this mean i won't be able to run SLI 780's?

 

The motherboard I want is the ASUS Z97M-PLUS (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132130)

And the GPU(s) was the ASUS Direct CUII ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121779&cm_re=780-_-14-121-779-_-Product).
 

Thanks in advance!

[MrTiC]

Its fine, doesnt matter that much and most motherboards only support 1x pci-e 3.0

[Freaky_spider]

http://nl.hardware.info/reviews/5247/4/test-hoeveel-pci-express-lanes-is-optimaal-voor-sli-resultaten

 

no, it doesnt matter 

 

PEX is a contoller that adds more PCIe lanes btw

[H4X3R]

That mobo is not a good choice for sli. I suggest the gigabyte z97mx-gaming 5 or z97m oc formula, both have 2x pci e 3.0 slots and more features.

[Freaky_spider]

Its fine, doesnt matter that much and most motherboards only support 1x pci-e 3.0

im not the only one on LTT that lives in ghent? awesome

[Shaqo_Wyn]

Hello everyone! I was looking at mATX motherboards for a possible build om saving up for, and noticed that most mATX boards only support 1 16x 3.0 PCIe lane, but 2 of the 16x 2.0? The GTX 780 I want, says it reqiures 1 16x 3.0; will this mean i won't be able to run SLI 780's?

 

The motherboard I want is the ASUS Z97M-PLUS (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132130)

And the GPU(s) was the ASUS Direct CUII ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121779&cm_re=780-_-14-121-779-_-Product).

 

Thanks in advance!

Just gonna drop this sexy mATX motherboard here... http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z97mgaming

[tuberolector]

That motherboard cannot do SLI because SLI requires at least PCI Express x8 for each card, and that board only provided x4 in the second PCIe slot.

[MrTiC]

That motherboard cannot do SLI because SLI requires at least PCI Express x8 for each card, and that board only provided x4 in the second PCIe slot.

Indeed, i hadnt looked at the board TBH

Gigabyte is indeed decent but i would sugest

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130773&cm_re=MSI_Z97M_Gaming_Micro_ATX-_-13-130-773-_-Product

because of the look, sheer awesomeness and me being a MSI fanboy