Mobo quest

[guitarboy012001]

Does anyone know of a h97 motherboard that has two pcie gen 3 16x slots side by side (like what you would need for crossfire) that would only use 4 slots on a case... I need it in micro atx for factor.....

 

thanks!

[guitarboy012001]

I was able to find something, but its crazy expensive for a z97 board.... $170

 

anything cheaper would we wonderful

[Enderman]

you dont need PCIe x16 slots for GPUs

8x 2.0 or 16x 2.0 or 8x 3.0 is more than enough

[guitarboy012001]

Just now, Enderman said:

you dont need PCIe x16 slots for GPUs

8x 2.0 or 16x 2.0 or 8x 3.0 is more than enough

very true but I was saying that more so just to generalize what I was looking for

 

by that I meant a PCIe slot that would have the bandwidth for a gpu

 

and the mobo I found is the asus gryphon but it's stupid expensive

[GodSpoon]

2 minutes ago, guitarboy012001 said:

very true but I was saying that more so just to generalize what I was looking for

by that I meant a PCIe slot that would have the bandwidth for a gpu

and the mobo I found is the asus gryphon but it's stupid expensive

What... He was saying any Mobo with a two PCIe slots at almost any speed will work just fine 

Like this mobo

They aren't both 16x slots but it wont bottleneck any GPU

[guitarboy012001]

Just now, Stupidtiggers said:

What... He was saying any Mobo with a two PCIe slots at almost any speed will work just fine 

Like this mobo

They aren't both 16x slots but it wont bottleneck any GPU

I know what he said... I could find three dozen motherboards that would support crossfire like that, what I am looking for is a board that will support crossfire with the cards right next to each-other so only 4 consecutive slots are taken up on my case like The Gryphon

[GodSpoon]

1 minute ago, guitarboy012001 said:

I know what he said... I could find three dozen motherboards that would support crossfire like that, what I am looking for is a board that will support crossfire with the cards right next to each-other so only 4 consecutive slots are taken up on my case like The Gryphon

But it won't matter...:P

[guitarboy012001]

Just now, Stupidtiggers said:

But it won't matter...:P

what won't matter

[runit3]

32 minutes ago, guitarboy012001 said:

what won't matter

I think people are confused by what you're asking due to the form factor limitations. You could only ever have a maximum of 4 x16 PCIe lanes on the board, there simply isn't room enough for any more, and disregarding the amount of necessary lane assignments no mATX board is likely to ever have 4 x16 lanes. The best you can hope for is 2-3 x16 lanes spaced at a double height with x1 or x4 lanes in between/below them (the Gryphon and GA-Z97MX are exceptions to this).

If you search for a board with SLI support you're fairly likely to find exactly what you're looking for, but they were rare on release and even more rare to have in stock now.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007627%20600438203%20600469848%20600009017%20600176035