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Micro ATX 1150/1155 Motherboard that Supports Crossfire and Wifi

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  • Crossfire
  • ATX
  • PCI Express
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April 1, 2014 7:38:17 AM

Title basically says it. On most micro atx motherboards the two PCI-E x16 slots that are crossfire-ready cover up any additional slots if you crossfire dual-slot cards. I have a PCI-E wifi card that I'd like to be able use in addition to my crossfire setup; are there any motherboards out there that would support such a setup efficiently? The closest thing I've found so far is the Asus ROG Maximus VI which supports a mini-PCIE card, but I don't want to have to buy an additional wifi card and pigtail adapters. I also don't want to rely on a USB wifi adapter.

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April 1, 2014 12:35:30 PM

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681...

you would put your first gpu in the top slot, your second gpu in the bottom slot, and you can put a regular pci-e network card in the slot directly above the bottom slot

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681... a z87 chipset one that would work for your needs as well

there are no variants that allow for you to have crossfire or sli without putting the second gpu in the bottom pci slot (which kinda defeats the purpose of micro atx though)
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April 5, 2014 6:09:07 PM

Fantastic! I think I overlooked the Gigabyte because it didn't have the PCI-E speeds listed. However, if you look closely at the photo they are labeled. I have the BitFenix Prodigy-M case, so I should be fine with the 2nd card in the bottom slot (the case has 5x expansion slots). The issue with most boards is that the bottom PCI-E slot is x4, this Gigabyte board will be perfect!
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