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Hi
i'm going to convert to gigabyte from Intel.
Motherboard i'm going to buy is Gigabyte B75M-D3H.it's a old chipset but coz i have a 2nd gen.i7 so this the best i found yet cost me 80$ which is just fine for me.
This board supports Radeon Crossfire as stated in description
Question:- dost a dual PCI-E board supports specific tech like crossfire or SLI or a board having dual PCI-E supports both of them as Global stranded.

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Z77 will work fine for 2600K, but the corresponding SLI/Xfire capable chipset for Sandy Bridge is Z67 or P67.
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Nowhere is it a rule that a board with two PCIe x16 slots has to support XFire or SLI. However, most boards do if for no other reason than as a sales feature. Usually, a board will literally say if has support, though you can always look up the specific board if it doesn't say.

Even if a board has multiple PCIe slots, it may not support XFire or SLI due to the BIOS or UEFI. Some boards only support one or the other.
 
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Chances are such boards would support Crossfire but not SLi due to an SLi board needing both an Nvidia cookie and for at least 8x + 8x on the PCIe lanes.
 
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This board clearly stated that Xfire is supported but there is now SLI thing .about Xfire is even written on Board Check pic.
i have Nvida ones and i'm confused rather this MOBO support that or not

 
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here we have one X16 and one X4
So i think no SLI :(
 
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It does NOT support SLI, since SLI require at least 2 PCI-e x8 ports... Like I said, you need Z77 and a board that SPECIFICALLY states SLI support.
 
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Z77 chipset is for 3rd Gen.CPUs i have a 2nd Gen. 2600K .NO COMPATIBLE. :p

 
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OK now the money coming on stage.....:D how much it cost ?
 
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Apologies, that is Z68, not Z67...

Cheapest Z68 I could find.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128512

Cheapest P67 : Keep in mind no onboard graphics usable on these boards. This is a crappy board in my opinion. But hey, here it is anyway.
http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/newegg/ecs-motherboard-p67h2a2

Otherwise cheapest Z77.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157330&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
 
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I don't think that motherboard supports SLI, just crossfire. If you want to go SLI now or in the future I would recommend the ASRock Z77 Extreme3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157330
or this open box ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131837R
If you are partial to Gigabyte and willing to spend a few dollars more the this open box GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H LGA 1155 Intel Z77
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128544R
 
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Thanks man very helpful info . GA-Z77 is nice one.i'll go for this one

 
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