EVGA 141 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX X58 SLI LE

[mdale13]

Does anyone on here have any experience with the EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX X58 SLI LE?? It seems to have awesome reviews, OC well, SLi, a good price, and has a nice black finish as well.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188049

Any thoughts?

 

[r_manic]

The board is known primarily for its 3x SLI ability: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261616-30-asus-rampage-extreme-evga

 

[gkay09]

That EVGA board is a very solid board and a very good competitor for the famous ASUS P6T...
EVGA also redesigned the chipset heatsink so that it doesnt block the aftermarket CPU coolers, which was a problem with the initial EVGA boards...

 

[mdale13]

apparently the pci x8 is lock at x8, which equates to lower performance in SLI? is that correct?

and would that also mean i wouldnt be able to intall a x1 tv tuner card in the remaining x8 slot? im really confused on this one guys, any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[gkay09]

You wont notice any significant performance hit when running the cards in x16x8 config...

And as for whether you can use a PCIe x1 in a PCIe x8 slot, Yes you can...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express