So I'm looking at this board for my next build but I'm having a tough time deciding if it's worth not being able to do crossfire (without significant heat issues). Crossfire was something I had been thinking about doing, but not until later on; I definitely wouldn't be buying two cards off the bat. Now I know it is possible to xfire with this board, but I'm guessing the heat issues are going to be way too bad and I don't plan on doing any liquid cooling. Other than that I really like this board. I'll be running an i5 2500k, HIS IceQ Turbo HD 6970, and 8GB Corsair Vengeance. This system will mainly be used for gaming at 1080p.
The reason I'm "iffy" on xfire is because the way I see it, by the time I need a second GPU I could just buy a newer model (albeit at a higher price). I'm not an enthusiast though so as long as I can play current games on high settings I'm good, I just don't know how long I could expect one GPU to do that.
So do you think I will end up disappointed if I go with a mATX? Or are the heat issues I've read about not that bad.
Note: I know the 7000 series is coming out soon and I may be going with a 7970 if they're not much more expensive. Also I know there is an eATX version of this board but it's out of my budget range
The reason I'm "iffy" on xfire is because the way I see it, by the time I need a second GPU I could just buy a newer model (albeit at a higher price). I'm not an enthusiast though so as long as I can play current games on high settings I'm good, I just don't know how long I could expect one GPU to do that.
So do you think I will end up disappointed if I go with a mATX? Or are the heat issues I've read about not that bad.
Note: I know the 7000 series is coming out soon and I may be going with a 7970 if they're not much more expensive. Also I know there is an eATX version of this board but it's out of my budget range