wifi adapter, and soundcard fit in asrock z97 extreme3 at same time?

netniuQ08

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I have the asrock z97 extreme3, and I already have a wifi adapter in the topic and only small PCI-E slot but I want the creative sound blaster z PCIe as well. Will I be able to put that in a bigger pci slot? Please don't just assume your answer.

2nd question: if I do get it, what is a good speaker set? (Does it also matter if it's compatible with the sound card or do they all work, it's down to they're quality?) Doesn't have to be 5.1 but that would be nice. as long as they are good enough to actually put the sound card to good use without spending a fortune. I love quality and itd be a waste not to take advantage of the sound card but don't want to spend a fortune. Whatever you think is a strong set for a humble price.
Thanks. Happy holidays.
 
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When I first looked at the board on pcpartpicker, I couldn't tell how many PCIe slots it had, but saw the card in the ASRock website.

With the WiFi card in the CPIex1 slot (the small one) and assuming a graphics card in one of the PCIex16 slots (one of 2 long ones) then the Sound Blaster can go in the second PCIex16 slot.

The 3 PCI slots will not be used.

With PCIe lower level cards can go into the longer slots, meaning both PCIex1/4 can go into PCIex16, with no problems. (Though the graphics card may now be limited to a slower effective bandwidth you probably will not notice it.

norseman4

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When I first looked at the board on pcpartpicker, I couldn't tell how many PCIe slots it had, but saw the card in the ASRock website.

With the WiFi card in the CPIex1 slot (the small one) and assuming a graphics card in one of the PCIex16 slots (one of 2 long ones) then the Sound Blaster can go in the second PCIex16 slot.

The 3 PCI slots will not be used.

With PCIe lower level cards can go into the longer slots, meaning both PCIex1/4 can go into PCIex16, with no problems. (Though the graphics card may now be limited to a slower effective bandwidth you probably will not notice it.
 
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