Dual Mars 760 in matx form factor

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thefirstguy

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I am looking forward to building my second pc. This time I want to have dual Mars 760 in my matx chassis. Preferably the Bitfenix Phenom. I just want to ask whether the two graphic cards will fit. If it doesn't, please give me other case recommendations. The Xigmatek Aquila is my second choice. Please reply and thank you all for your dearest help.
 
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I'm not quite sure what you mean with regard to whether you'll only be installing one discrete dual 760 graphics card or two. If just one, no problem with the Phenom.

If you want to install two dual Mars 760s, use the Asus Maximus VII Gene or Gryphon and the two dual Mars 760s will fit in the Bitfenix. I doubt the Aquila can accommodate two of those video cards because of the slot configuration of the case. Take a look at the Phenom. There are 5 expansion slots, whereas the Aquila only has 4. Usually, on most motherboards the first PCIe 16x card will occupy expansion slots 2 and 3 with a second card on an SLI-capable mATX board occupying expansion slots 4 and 5.

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At that price point, why don't you just get dual 780Ti's? They'll be faster, less driver issues with dual over quad SLI, better overall system cooling if you buy the stock blower cooler models, etc. Going quad 760 seems like a terrible idea when for nearly the same money you can get two single GPUs that are just as fast with far fewer tradeoffs.
 
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When you say Dual Mars do you mean 2 of them in SLI ? (which means quad sli due to the fact it is a dual GPU) If you are using this for gaming you would be way better off getting 2 GTX 780's or gtx 780 Ti's... some games don't even support SLI let alone QUAD SLI... you will see very little to no gain adding the second card to your system...
 
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Yeah quad sli, I mainly use it for rar password cracking. That's my job. I think if I push all my goes to the limit, I would really get a gain in brutal password cracking. And yes, I do use it for some bf and tf gaming.
 
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The GTX 780 TI and Mars 760 perform almost exactly the same for the same price... BUT the GTX 780 Ti has 3 gb of usable ram while the Mars has 2 gb of usable ram... The 780 also is 384-bit were as the Mars is only 256-bit.. meaning at higher res/AA the gtx 780 ti will be better.
 
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Well I do use it for some bf4 gaming.

 
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I'm not quite sure what you mean with regard to whether you'll only be installing one discrete dual 760 graphics card or two. If just one, no problem with the Phenom.

If you want to install two dual Mars 760s, use the Asus Maximus VII Gene or Gryphon and the two dual Mars 760s will fit in the Bitfenix. I doubt the Aquila can accommodate two of those video cards because of the slot configuration of the case. Take a look at the Phenom. There are 5 expansion slots, whereas the Aquila only has 4. Usually, on most motherboards the first PCIe 16x card will occupy expansion slots 2 and 3 with a second card on an SLI-capable mATX board occupying expansion slots 4 and 5.

 
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SLI GTX 780 Ti's to me seems like a no brainer - less heat , less power consumption, better performance (in games - unsure about "rar password cracking"), and costs the same.
 
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