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I got an ASRock Z97 Anniversary board because it advertised that it was optimized specifically for my CPU, the Intel Pentium G3258, which I've overclocked to 4.2Ghz... I recently realized that my motherboard is not SLI or CrossfireX compatible, and it pissed me off, because it would be a much heftier fee to get a completely new $300 graphics card rather than just getting another 260X and put them in crossfire.... Am returning the ASRock, anyone have any suggestions? I'd prefer an ATX board, and I need one that is LGA 1150 because of my pentium G3258... I'd like one that is both crossfire and sli compatible, and one that doesn't break the bank... Around $90 is what I'm looking for, but I also want something reliable.
 
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It's a nice board, it has a better sound card chip.

260x only supports DUAL CrossFire (2 cards maximum), so you can't do triple crossfire because of that video card limit, but motherboard can do triple crossfire with higher end AMD cards like 380, 280, 290, 390, 390x, 280x, Fury, Fury X etc.
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I'm looking for specific suggestions because I want to buy one now... Wouldn't Z87 be a downgrade tho? Because I don't want to downgrade at all, looking something better with two GPU slots ready for both SLI and Crossfire, and the only thing I've been able to find so far is this Would you recommend it or is there something better for lower or similar price? I'd like something around $100, but not completely limiting myself
 
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this 1 is $100 after rebate with CrossFire support, Asus Z97-E
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132287&Tpk=crossfire%20motherboard



 
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I was going to get that, but then I caught my eye on this beautiful Gigabyte motherboard. Would I be able to put three amd gpus in there? Also, would my pentium G3258 be compatible? Because it says 4th and 5th gen intel
 
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It's a nice board, it has a better sound card chip.

260x only supports DUAL CrossFire (2 cards maximum), so you can't do triple crossfire because of that video card limit, but motherboard can do triple crossfire with higher end AMD cards like 380, 280, 290, 390, 390x, 280x, Fury, Fury X etc.
 
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Would I be able to triple crossfire with two 260x's and a 280x or something along those lines that would let me triple crossfire? Just want to know for the future
 
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no, 260x only support Dual CrossFire



 
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