aslanshow
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Well there it is. PCIe x8 slot opened up to accept x16 cards. That double card didn't fit, binding up on the motherboard side of the metal bracket. I don't think I'll use this one though, don't want to route the 6 pin PCIe pwr. Well that was fun.
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Nice thanks I'll look into the 460s. I got the shroud out so it's Dremel time. Still want to cut down a card though, lol.
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Yeah, here it is. I probably should just pull the shroud out and mod the slot. I'm just trying to understand my options. The PCIe x8 is the first black slot above the white pcix slot. There's 3 more physically x8 but wired x4 PCIe slots above that.
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Yeah, modding the slot was my first plan of attack but there's a pesky plastic shroud which needs to be removed to modify. Removing the shroud involves removing a bunch of other pieces ... So not worried about warranty what precautions might I take? I imagine cutting the traces with a knife before picking up the Dremel might be wise. Measure thrice.
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I'd describe that as physically x16 but electronically x8. I had seen that cfx and sli only use x8 on the second card so that makes sense. My slot is only x8 long so I have to cut the card down. Just don't want to remove functionality from potential future use. Looks like I should be fine cutting down any cheap second hand card.
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I looked at those but that turns mounting it into a task. Though if I use a sff card and hard adapter I'd only need to mod the bracket. But then sff and money/shipping time for adapter, easy enough to zip off unnecessary channels with rotory tool. How do I determine channel saturation from specs? If the board is PCIe 2 does it require more channels for equal bandwidth compared to PCIe 3? I'm assuming a HD 5770, gtx650 or r7 360 would all be sub x8.
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So browsing the Newegg I saw an MSI rx550 aero and it said it was PCIe x16 uses x8. This peaked my interest as I have a PowerEdge 2900 with a PCIe x8 slot that could use a discrete graphics card. My original plan had been to cut the end of the slot and have the GC hang out the back. But a plastic shroud turned that from simple fix to a PIA. I didn't want to remove functionality from a card by physically removing those channels but if they aren't electrically connected in the first place, no harm. So the question is are all rx550s using x8? Are there better or cheaper cards that are electronically limited to x8 PCIe? I'm not looking to game on it. Just more Gui than it's designed for. Linux compatibility a plus.
