NO AM3+ MOBO with PCIe 3.0?

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Snaggndragon

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Hi all. I am trying to locate an affordable ATX AM3+ MOBO that has PCIe 3.0 and crossfire capability. I haven't been able to find any info on even if such a thing exists. If it doesn't, then why not? I am running an FX-8350 and 2 Sapphire R9 270x 4G's, Corsair Vengeance 16G.
Any thoughts on this would be helpful.
 
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getochkn
Your 270x's dont even max out PciE 2.0 yet. 3.0 isn't really utilized at all yet and 2.0 capable cards

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Impact-of-PCI-E-Speed-on-Gaming-Performance-518/

And that's with a Titan and it still makes no difference.
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Your 270x's dont even max out PciE 2.0 yet. 3.0 isn't really utilized at all yet and 2.0 capable cards

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Impact-of-PCI-E-Speed-on-Gaming-Performance-518/

And that's with a Titan and it still makes no difference.
 
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no, for whatever reason the AM3+ socket doesn't allow for PCI-e 3.0. Doesn't matter anyways as nothing supports the full bandwidth of PCI-e 2.0 x16, and nothing will max it out for the next like 5 years or so.

The FM2+ series of AMD boards, however, does support PCI-e 3.0
 
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