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![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 ![]() ![]() |
Hi all. If you want 2 full PCIe x16 slots you would need the X48 chipset, or one of nvidias. I think the 750i SLI chipset.... The P45 chipset will give you 2 PCIe x8 slots when both are populated. This might be what you want if you are going for a gaming machine & crunching. Which board are the best bang for the buck for you would be hard for me to say. In the US P45 board start around $90. Depending what features you want included the price goes up from there. I paid $140 for my GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-UD3P in April of last year. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 14 Jun 99 Posts: 468 Credit: 53,129,336 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Hi all. It's simply a cruncher/media storage machine that I would like to fit 2 cuda cards into, GTX260 or 725 (depending on price and rac vs wattage) running either win7 64 bit or xp pro 32bit any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance Lou AKA Spectrum ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 ![]() ![]() |
Hi all. For LGA 775 boards now my preferences would be -Intel BOXDP45SG -GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P For LGA 1156 boards -ASUS P7P55 LX Unless you already have a CPU for the new board it might be cheaper to get a low end i5/i7 system. In a lot of situations you can get a higher end CPU for less money. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours ![]() |
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Asus K8N-DRE - This board was too good to be true. It only cost $12.99 at compgeeks and came with a PCI-E slot. I had a spare pair of dual core opteron's and a bunch of old PC2100 R ECC that I was not using so I ordered it to find that it would only take a 2/3 size card. I could not find an ATI card that was 188mm or under that did double precision. I did manage to get a GTS-250 to fit in the slot and it cleared by 4mm. ![]() a writeup is here and it does run ubuntu 9.1 well. |
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