'All the slots are in the PCI-Express x16 form factor which I think is how they all should be. The board features 7 PCIe slots, 3 of which are generation 2.0 and the rest are generation 3.0. The board’s layout here allocated the PCIe lanes in probably the best way possible. MSI spaced the x16 and x8 slots far enough away from one another to allow plenty of room in between each graphics card in a multiGPU configuration. Essentially the map works like this: 16,1,0,1,16,1,8 or 16,1,8,1,8,1,8. Populating the third PCIe slot causes the lanes to be allocated differently. Slot 5 and 3 share lanes for a dual 8x8 configuration should you want or need to go that route. There are no legacy PCI slots or anything of that nature. I’m always happy to see that, though I do realize that I may not be part of the majority with regard to that.'
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'Sandy Bridge-E has a nice 40 lanes available. You can split them up in a variety of combinations, two x16 links with one x8 link, one x16 link and three x8 links, or one x16 link, two x8 links, and two x4 links.
Slot 1/3/5/7 are PCie Gen 3 and thus have double bandwidth. 1 and 5 support Gen 3 x16. When the four slots are utilized you'll jump back to x8 mode, yet at Gen 3 that's the same as PCie Gen 2 in x16 mode bandwidth wise.
The three PCIe Gen 2 slots are 2, 4 and 6 and get their bandwidth from an added PLX PEX8608 IC chip'
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Edited by eXXon - 11/11/12 at 10:54pm
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'Sandy Bridge-E has a nice 40 lanes available. You can split them up in a variety of combinations, two x16 links with one x8 link, one x16 link and three x8 links, or one x16 link, two x8 links, and two x4 links.
Slot 1/3/5/7 are PCie Gen 3 and thus have double bandwidth. 1 and 5 support Gen 3 x16. When the four slots are utilized you'll jump back to x8 mode, yet at Gen 3 that's the same as PCie Gen 2 in x16 mode bandwidth wise.
The three PCIe Gen 2 slots are 2, 4 and 6 and get their bandwidth from an added PLX PEX8608 IC chip'
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Edited by eXXon - 11/11/12 at 10:54pm
TheSadFlute
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DyingHeart
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500k (4.5GHz@1.312v) | Asrock Z77 Extreme4 | Gigabyte OC WF 580 SLI | 16GB G.Skill (4x4GB) |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling | Cooling |
| G.Skill Phoenix Pro 120GB | Seagate 1TB | Thermaltake Spin-Q VT | 5x120mm UQ fans |
| OS | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| W7 Pro SP1 x64 | ViewSonic 20' LED 1600x900 | Lycosa | Thermaltake Toughpower 1500w |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio |
| Thermaltake Armor | Razer Mamba | XFX WarPad | On-board |
| Audio | |||
| Logitech G35 | |||
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TheSadFlute
(22 items) |
DyingHeart
(17 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500k (4.5GHz@1.312v) | Asrock Z77 Extreme4 | Gigabyte OC WF 580 SLI | 16GB G.Skill (4x4GB) |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling | Cooling |
| G.Skill Phoenix Pro 120GB | Seagate 1TB | Thermaltake Spin-Q VT | 5x120mm UQ fans |
| OS | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| W7 Pro SP1 x64 | ViewSonic 20' LED 1600x900 | Lycosa | Thermaltake Toughpower 1500w |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio |
| Thermaltake Armor | Razer Mamba | XFX WarPad | On-board |
| Audio | |||
| Logitech G35 | |||
| View all | |||
very nice setup.
lol
