PCI Express motherboards

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I'm still researching componets for my Athlon 64 system.

I think I found the motherboard I'll need :
ASUS A8N-E w/ NVIDIA nForce ultra 4

These motherboards have a PCI Express x4 slot.
Where most others (Abit, Gigabyte, ECS)
just have x16 and x1 slots.

I don't know if I'll ever need a x4 slot; But, at least I'll have it.
 
I'm still researching componets for my Athlon 64 system.

I think I found the motherboard I'll need :
ASUS A8N-E w/ NVIDIA nForce ultra 4

These motherboards have a PCI Express x4 slot.
Where most others (Abit, Gigabyte, ECS)
just have x16 and x1 slots.

I don't know if I'll ever need a x4 slot; But, at least I'll have it.
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I just upgraded to an A8N-E, works great, I always did like Asus. :)

AMD recommends the revision 2.0 board, I ordered mine from newegg and
got a 2.0 with the latest BIOS on it. (1008) :)

Good Luck,
Ed
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RDN said:
I'm still researching componets for my Athlon 64 system.

I think I found the motherboard I'll need :
ASUS A8N-E w/ NVIDIA nForce ultra 4

These motherboards have a PCI Express x4 slot.
Where most others (Abit, Gigabyte, ECS)
just have x16 and x1 slots.

I don't know if I'll ever need a x4 slot; But, at least I'll have it.
Click to expand...

The only thing you'll _need_ it for would be something on
the order of a Mellanox InfinBand host channel adapter or
a 10Gb/s NIC, or possibly a 4Gb/s fibrechannel adapter. x1
should provide all the bandwidth you need for normal consumer
devices.

scott
 
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