A while back I bought a 5770 video card. This was a big increase in performance, but it is too long and is blocking 3 of my 4 SATA ports on my micro ATX motherboard. I was only using 2 of the ports, so I just left one of my hard drives disconnected. I would like to resolve this now.
My plan is to center this upgrade around a new i5-750. I have heard 1156 isn't ideal for multiple video cards, but my plan for my next gfx upgrade is to go with a second 5770, which I have heard should work just fine.
The problem is that I can't really choose and I don't know what else is good in terms of layout and such. I am looking at a few and these things have 10 SATA ports and I think... do I really need all this?
I really just want to be certain that I can connect all of my existing devices, have some reasonable leeway in terms of future additions and be able to overclock.
If anyone can help it would be very wecome.
My plan is to center this upgrade around a new i5-750. I have heard 1156 isn't ideal for multiple video cards, but my plan for my next gfx upgrade is to go with a second 5770, which I have heard should work just fine.
The problem is that I can't really choose and I don't know what else is good in terms of layout and such. I am looking at a few and these things have 10 SATA ports and I think... do I really need all this?
I really just want to be certain that I can connect all of my existing devices, have some reasonable leeway in terms of future additions and be able to overclock.
If anyone can help it would be very wecome.
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