Hi guys, I'm wondering if using a PCI sound card with an ASUS Sabertooth 990FX/GEN3 will block any of the lanes for installing three 770/780 sized GPUs or if it affects how much bandwidth is available for the separate PCIe lanes?
For example, is 3-way SLI/CFX w/ a soundcard possible or would I have to sacrifice the sound card for a third GPU option?
Also, will I save an extra PCIe lane to use in the future by going with a dual GPU like a 690 instead of 2x 680s, or will it leave me with too less bandwidth to utilize the extra lane that it wouldn't make any difference?
Also, will using an SSD PCIe Adapter like the Apricorn Velocity Solo X2 increase SSD performance on a motherboard that already has SATA 6Gb/s?
Also, at what point would I be spending too much on GPU that would I begin to not see increased framerates in gaming on a 200$ FX-8350 CPU compared to higher end Intel CPUs? Is it worth throwing out the 200$ AMD MB I already have for an Intel CPU and MB if I'm already decided on spending more than 1K on GPUs? I plan on 5760x1080 and/or 120hz gaming.
Links for
Sound Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271005
MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131969
Apricorn Velocity Solo X2: http://www.amazon.com/Apricorn-Velocity-Extreme-Performance-VEL-SOLO-X2/dp/B0090IA3GY
For example, is 3-way SLI/CFX w/ a soundcard possible or would I have to sacrifice the sound card for a third GPU option?
Also, will I save an extra PCIe lane to use in the future by going with a dual GPU like a 690 instead of 2x 680s, or will it leave me with too less bandwidth to utilize the extra lane that it wouldn't make any difference?
Also, will using an SSD PCIe Adapter like the Apricorn Velocity Solo X2 increase SSD performance on a motherboard that already has SATA 6Gb/s?
Also, at what point would I be spending too much on GPU that would I begin to not see increased framerates in gaming on a 200$ FX-8350 CPU compared to higher end Intel CPUs? Is it worth throwing out the 200$ AMD MB I already have for an Intel CPU and MB if I'm already decided on spending more than 1K on GPUs? I plan on 5760x1080 and/or 120hz gaming.
Links for
Sound Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271005
MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131969
Apricorn Velocity Solo X2: http://www.amazon.com/Apricorn-Velocity-Extreme-Performance-VEL-SOLO-X2/dp/B0090IA3GY
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