LGA 2011 board that supports these parts?

[Rice Yang]

Well I'm thinking about buying these parts below

GTX 780 - PCIE 3.0
Asus Xonar Essence STX - PCIE 1
Asus PCE-AC66 - PCIE 1
Avermedia C985 Live Gamer HD - PCIE 1

I can't seem to find a LGA 2011 board online that can support these parts, been 2 hours now, all I see is always max PCIE at 2 slots and not 3 on these LGA 2011 boards.

Why LGA 2011? I'm also buying the 3960X as well for my video editing.

I'm still new to this computer world so please do correct me if these are wrong slots for these parts. But looking for a motherboard that can support these parts.

Thanks!

 

[Madn3ss795]

You can put PCi-E X1 cards on any PCI-E slots regardless the bandwidth. Which means that any LGA2011 board with its number of PCI-E slots ( x16, x4, x1,... ) combined larger than 4 and its slots layout allow a little room for your 780 to breath will match your need.

 

[Rice Yang]

You can put PCi-E X1 cards on any PCI-E slots regardless the bandwidth. Which means that any LGA2011 board with its number of PCI-E slots ( x16, x4, x1,... ) combined larger than 4 and its slots layout allow a little room for your 780 to breath will match your need.

Hey Madn3ss795

Thanks for the help, I'm wondering will the "Biostar TPOWER X79" will do the trick?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

I'd avoid Biostar on reputation, though I think their high-end boards are better than they used to be.

Also, there's very little advantage to the 3960X over the 3930K. $450 for 100MHz more - no thanks. Plus they're both unlocked.

 

[Madn3ss795]

Yes it will Assuming this is the slots layout of that board, from the top to the bottom, here's how you should set it up:


1/PCI-E x16 : Avermedia C985 Live Gamer HD
2/PCI-E x1 : Asus Xonar Essence STX
3/PCi-E x1 : leave this slot empty
4/PCI-E x16 : put the 780 here since its cooler will block just the PCI slot, which you won't use after all.
5/PCI : got covered by 780's heatsink
6/PCiE x16 ( white one ) PCE-AC66 ( needed to be put on this slot since it has a tall heatsink yet small enough to avoid blocking 780's air intake)

 

[Rice Yang]

Yes it will Assuming this is the slots layout of that board, from the top to the bottom, here's how you should set it up:


1/PCI-E x16 : Avermedia C985 Live Gamer HD
2/PCI-E x1 : Asus Xonar Essence STX
3/PCi-E x1 : leave this slot empty
4/PCI-E x16 : put the 780 here since its cooler will block just the PCI slot, which you won't use after all.
5/PCI : got covered by 780's heatsink
6/PCiE x16 ( white one ) PCE-AC66 ( needed to be put on this slot since it has a tall heatsink yet small enough to avoid blocking 780's air intake)

THANKS! Much appreciated with the way on how to set it up as well. Thank you again!