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# Pages tagged "lazy" said on March 3, 2008 10:19 PM:

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# Blog Picks said on March 3, 2008 11:40 PM:

Graphics Cards and Mobo’s-Let’s get it right! Get right mobo+video card for your rig…. Created by RjBass

# PROACEX1 said on March 4, 2008 9:27 AM:

These are Intel motherboards in the following list...No AMDs here...

Here are some of the only mini's ATX's:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130060

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127024

Here are normal ATX, all of these can take at least one PCI addon card when dual-slot GPUs are installed in all of the PCI-Express 16x or 2.0 slots:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127030

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128089

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136042

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128082

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127030

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131219

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131227

This one has a whopping 5 PCI slots (4 open when dual-slot GPU is installed): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128084

Note that all NVIDIA 780i's when using Triple-SLi will take up all PCI slots due to the design...Much the same goes for NVIDIA's 680i series...When using SLi, they can hold up to one PCI addon card...This is, of course, only an issue when using dual-slot GPUs...

780i:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131255

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188024

680i:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188013

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131074

There may be a few errors with these lists (Not to mention I didn't include all of the motherboards capable of your description, RJ), but for the most part, these are good motherboard which have some extra room and are design to be able to hold an extra PCI addon card even when fully decked out with Crossfire or SLi dual-slot GPUs...

Respectfully,

PROACEX1

# sj1dog said on March 4, 2008 10:21 AM:

Nice Blog RJ! Keep up the good work!

SJ

# springs113 said on March 4, 2008 10:39 AM:

SpringS113 nice blog RJ... will try to post links later of a couple of the boards i have

# ning said on March 4, 2008 12:04 PM:

Wow...good stuff RJ

# PROACEX1 said on March 4, 2008 1:34 PM:

Yap, extremely good post, highly recommend that newbies to tech and PC hardware read this...Even experienced techies need to get this drilled into their heads...

Most folks don't realize the issues with two-slot H/Ss on high-end (Or even low-end) GPUs, normally you have to actualy have either done a lot of reading before you realize this, or you do a DIY build and find out the hard way...PCI slots normally get ignored and take a back seat when it comes to dual-slot GPUs, and PCI 1x or 4x slots can't always take the type of addon card you want (Soundcards, for instance, or physics cards) or even the PCI 1x/4x slots get taken up...

And on top of the subject at hand, I may want to point out that the width of a GPU isn't the only issue, length and height can be major issues also...If you don't have a case large enough and/or wide enough to hold such large GPUs then you've just made a big $$$ "whoopsie" in buying that GPU...A Full-Tower is recommended for such large GPUs; a Mid-Tower at the minimum; and even then the latter doesn't work often, and the former can sometimes have issues  with cooling or wiring getting in the way...

So, on top of finding out the right type of motherboard which can take a dual-slot GPU with room left over, you also have to get a case big enough to hold the GPU comfortably, and to be able to organize the wiring and make sure it get proper cooling...

Respectfully,

PROACEX1

# http://www.eggxpert.com/blogs/rj_systems/archive/2008/03/03/graphics-cards-and-mobo-s-let-s-get-it-right.aspx said on March 23, 2008 12:24 AM:

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