Motherboard with far apart pci-e slots

rudi95

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i am thinking about getting new cooler for my graphics cards but i need a motherboard with far apart pci-e ports to accommodate for the coolers , it will have to be a socket 1155 ivy bridge compatible motherboard under 150 pounds (GBP)

thanks for any help
 

Xttony

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Generally no PCIE ports are close but they aren't also far to allow good air intake.
There are two possible ways that I can think of to fix this
1. Get a mobo with many PCIE ports and place your cards at the first and the last slot
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128545
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130660

2. Buy a cooler like arctic accelero hybrid for the card whose fans are getting blocked.

Personally I think the cooler will be a better option
 

rudi95

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no i meant i am getting two coolers and a new motherboard but the top cooler would not let me put in my second graphics card so i need the pci-e slots further apart ... but i think i will just go for the motherboards that have more than two pci-e slots
 

Xttony

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You should get a liquid cooler for the card whose air flow is being blocked.

If you have newer and faster cards you need to put them in x16 slots running at x16 speeds. Or your card will be bottlenecked by the slot.

The motherboards I mentioned in my earlier comment has 3-4 PCIE slots but not all work at x16 mode. Some x16 slots have have only the number of pins required for a x8 or x4 slot. Hence these are called x16 slots running at x8 or x4 speed.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157343
This motherboard has 3 PCIE 3.0 x16 slots running at x16 speeds and 1 PCIE 2.0 x16 slot running at x16 speeds. But it's price is almost £250-280. So you are better off with a liquid cooler GPU setup which will cost you about £50-80.
Since you are going to cool both the graphics cards you can hook them up with the dame radiator hence decreasing the cost.