Motherboard for my setup

EricCDN

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i'm about to build my new computer but i'm not sure if my motherboard will support all of cards...
I'm planning on using either an EVGA 780i, or XFX 780i motherboard

2 x SLI - BFG 8800 GTX OC2
1 x X-FI Xtreme Gamer Fatality

and then a tv tuner which i havnt decided on but that will allow me to watch/record from my expressview reciever currently not high def but might in the future, so if the card could work for both.

the one i'm leaning towards is
Hauppauge WINTV-HVR-1800 PCI-E1 TV Tuner NTSC ATSC QAM for Windows Vista

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=25963

will everything fit or will i need to get an external TV tuner?
 

rockbyter

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find the motherbaord you want, take away the 4 slots for video cards, 1 x1 slot for tv tuner above video cards, an make sure there is room to put in a card in the bottom PCI slot. you will have a single slot open for an audio header or whatever unless you have a case with 10 expansion slots.