Wednesday, March 4th 2009

Seven PCI-Express Slot X58 ASUS Motherboard Shown at CeBIT

Yes, you read the title correctly, on their stand at CeBIT, ASUS has a motherboard on show featuring seven full length PCI-Express slots. Four operate at full x16 speed, whilst the remaining three are at 8x speed. This has been achieved through the use of Intel's X58 chipset and the addition of two NVIDIA NF200 chips. Dubbed the P6T7 WS Supercomputer, it has been said to be the, "best choice for intensive parallel computing demand." Although no details yet on availability or pricing, the board is confirmed to support up to 24 GB RAM through six DDR3 slots, six SATA ports, two SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) and two eSATA ports and the usual 7.1 onboard sound and gigabit ethernet. The featured shot shows the board "naked" so to speak but due to this, you can see how ASUS have crammed the northbridge, southbridge and two NVIDIA chips into the bottom right corner of the board. This has given the space for the seven PCI-E slots, though it will require some sort of low profile cooling solution so as not to obstruct the installation of any graphics cards.
Sources: TechConnect, Computerbase
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80 Comments on Seven PCI-Express Slot X58 ASUS Motherboard Shown at CeBIT

#76
Moby
Hey fella's, you seem to know a thing or two about system boards and I am seeking advice if you might be willing to share some knowledge. I am considering the P6T7 WS Supercomputer, Asus motherboard for a flight simulator because of its 7 PCIe slots. One of my dilemma's has been USB ports for all the add on's a flight simulator takes. Gauges, panels etc. I will need a monster graphics card and at least three USB cards, maybe four, and want a monster sound card. Is this the board that might help me? I like the cool master case www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=6653 . And if you wanted the badest ass graphics card for extreme gaming, what would you choose? I want to run three monitors. One 42" hdmi TV and two 22" touch screens. I'll also be adding two minimo USB monitors. Your thoughts?
Thanks
Moby
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#77
brandonwh64
Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!!
If you want, you can make a new thread were its fresh and everyone can see your question. Also please goto userCP and fill in your system specs
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#78
Moby
Copy that brandon, this is a new build from the case up. I seek advice for the ultimate flight simming machine
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#79
cadaveca
My name is Dave
MobyCopy that brandon, this is a new build from the case up. I seek advice for the ultimate flight simming machine
Please do, and if you document the build here, that's be fantastic too! Not many flight SIM builds here that I have seen! Exciting!

:rockout:
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#80
Moby
Sure thing partner. I'll post a picture of the basic frame I built
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