How to quad sli with space restrictions? What else can you use x16 slots for?

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I recently found a good am3+ motherboard(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131851), but it says that it supports up to quad sli. Is this just because it has the 4 pci e x16 slots. Because I saw the product image and it looks like it could just support dual sli with some restrictions due to space Is this bad design or what? Are there even gpu's that slim to do quad sli or crossfire? Also what else can you use the slots for if not gpus?
 
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It can't "really" do quad SLI, it can just support (for example) two GTX690s, which would mean you have 4 GPUs.

The blue slots are x16 speed, then black ones are only x4, meaning they don't fulfil the SLI criteria.

As for what you can use PCIe slots for- lots of stuff. Popular things would be soundcards and Wifi cards.
 
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Going to have to completely agree with this. Not only can the 8350 not keep up on certain games, the difference between getting a great experience, and an "eh i'm satisfied with with the performance" is there. And there's also the fact that Quad SLI, and even Triple SLI have power drop off. Meaning it's pretty much not worth it after two GPUs. It's just there for the bragging factor. But if you end up pairing 4 GPUs, or two 2-GPU-GPUs (690/Titan Z) with an AMD processor, a lot of people will just laugh at you.
 
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I'm going to ignore any rude comments, however this was a theoretical or possibility question. (Not about performance or anything) Since most gpu's take up 2 expansion slots, I was wondering space wise how the motherboard could do quad sli. Are there any decent single slot gpu's or is it just saying that is has 4 pci x16's? Also if we do want to start a childish amd vs intel argument here I just want to state that I never said I would be using an 8350. In addition to this for the price amd processors amd well over performs it's intel counter parts.(FX- 6300 for example)

 
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Yes, but if you're looking to run a dual GPU solution, you likely have enough money to spend on an enthusiast level CPU. If you bothered to look at the specs yourself, you would have seen that they run at x16/x16/x4/x4, which is not ideal for running quad SLI. But if you're running a dual GPU such as the 690, along side another one, then it technically supports quad SLI. And as far as I know, most worth while cards are going to take up two expansion slots. I believe Gigabyte unveiled a single slot 760, but it's a 760.

And as for the AMD vs Intel part, there's really no comparison if you are an actual enthusiast. The 6300 can't even compete with an i3. Hell the new i3s are even giving the 8350 a run for the money. And the 9xxx series is a complete joke.
 
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