Motherboard that supports dual PCIe 3.0 at x16

Cyler12 · Sep 26, 2013

I have found one motherboard so far that has dual cards at x16 and I like it a lot but I want a cheaper board. I want a board that has Z87 chipset, LGA 1150, ATX and good for overclocking.

I want that feature do to playing with eyefinity on 3 21.5" monitors at 5760x1080. If someone can talk me out of wanting dual x16 then that works too.

The one I found was the ASrock extreme9/ac

update: just found another one and it costs more. The Gigabyte GA-Z87x-OC

burdenbound · Sep 26, 2013

It's not necessary to have dual 3.0 @ x16, cards right now can not saturate 2.0 x16 or even 2.0 x8, so if you found a board that was x16 x8 you would be perfectly fine.

slomo4sho · Sep 26, 2013

In reality, you run into latency issues when using a PLX chip to obtain a x16/x16 configuration. You would be better served with a x8/x8 SLI configuration if you don't plan on more than 2 cards. The Asus Z87-WS is the most economical choice for 3 or 4 way SLI.

Cyler12 · Sep 26, 2013

burdenbound :

why not? I love ASrock but due to looks is gigabyte a brand o go with for what I want or should i not sacrifice looks for quality?

rolli59 · Sep 26, 2013

Look at the scaling difference between PCIe ver 3.0 at X8 and X16 http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Ivy_Bridge_PCI-Express_Scaling/23.html Not much difference is there? Reason why board manufacturers are not making them all with X16 X16 slots in dual setups.

siddharthmukul007 · Sep 26, 2013

motherboards supporting dual x16 cards are always expensive. it is because intel controller only 1 x16 or 2 x8 etc. and the motherboard manufacturers have to put in an extra controller for providing 2 x16and is not cheap.

you can but do 1 thing for sure, get 2 hd7970 s in cfx. you will be good. will work totally fine with dual x8 too

Cyler12 · Sep 26, 2013

siddharthmukul007 :

I am getting those GPU's for sure Ghz edition

siddharthmukul007 · Sep 26, 2013

Cyler12 :

siddharthmukul007 :

I am getting those GPU's for sure Ghz edition

have fun gaming

endeavour37a · Sep 26, 2013

rolli59 :

Good review there, Thanks..

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