Lowest priced MOBO that supports SLI

[DvDGamer]

I went team green and chose a 960 in my next build and I want a good MOBO that supports SLI for the lowest possible price.

All answers are appreciated

[LiamApex]

I went team green and chose a 960 in my next build and I want a good MOBO that supports SLI for the lowest possible price.

All answers are appreciated

well welcome to the green team and the MSi Gaming 5 is £100 and supports 2 way SLI

[TarPitGaming]

The msi gaming 5 is great

WELCOME TO THE GREEN SIDE MY FRIEND

[SimpleG]

first of all, who told you that 960 SLI is a good idea?

[Jamdog]

This is the cheapest z97 board - Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI @ £89.99

 

This is the cheapest board, but it will need a bios update - MSI Z87-G55 @ £84.53

[DvDGamer]

first of all, who told you that 960 SLI is a good idea?

it's not?

[FoxHunter]

it's not?

Nop.

[DvDGamer]

Nop.

why not?

[Jamdog]

why not?

The performance of the second one really isn't going to be very good and a single GTX 970 would be much better.

[christ_himself]

why not?

sli and crossfire brings a lot more problems and limitation.  exemple: they wont work when not in full screen.  inexistant driver for a particular game.

For the price you should be getting a 970 which will perform better overall.  Always aim for single card setup if available for the amount of performance you want.  If not available then sli /crossfire make sense.

sli/crossfire is never a good idea on brand new product unless you are aiming at the top tier 980/970

it's a good solution down the road. you grab a second 960 used for half the price of an upgrade.

If you are planning to run 2 gpu you could then aim for the 290/290x which will perform better for the same amount of power needed

 

Also don't forget you are going to need and bigger power supply to support 2 cards

[FoxHunter]

why not?

 

Is the same as a single GTX 980, but higher power consumption, less CUDA, memory bus, and most of the games don't work properly with SLI.

 

Reviews:

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_960_SLI/1.html

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_geforce_gtx_960_strix_2_way_sli_review,1.html

[DvDGamer]

But I want an SLI supporting mobo to buy a second 960 later

[FoxHunter]

But I want an SLI supporting mobo to buy a second one later

 

Get a GTX 970, and a MSI Gaming 5.

[Aniallation]

well welcome to the green team and the MSi Gaming 5 is £100 and supports 2 way SLI

The msi gaming 5 is great

WELCOME TO THE GREEN SIDE MY FRIEND

Get a GTX 970, and a MSI Gaming 5.

 

Why is everyone saying MSI Gaming 5... it's way more then you need to spend just for SLI, especially if OP doesn't plan to do any extreme OCs if any OCs at all

 

OP asked for cheapest 

 

@DvDGamer

 

Z97/Haswell-R:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97e

 

If regular Haswell chip (non-refresh):

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z87a

[LiamApex]

Is the same as a single GTX 980, but higher power consumption, less CUDA, memory bus, and most of the games don't work properly with SLI.

 

Reviews:

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_960_SLI/1.html

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_geforce_gtx_960_strix_2_way_sli_review,1.html

980 is a bit better