MSI's 890FX-GD70

[GSquadron]

It is time to face the truth, why did they put 6 pci express in that motherboard?
I think it is not silly, it is simply idiotic to buy that kind of motherboard. 2 pci express are lets say ok, 4 are silly and 6 are terrible. Who in the world buys that motherboard and 6 graphic cards to run them all in 4x? u better buy one with 2 pcie and than run them in 16x or 8x cuz with pci express 2 that is not a problem. But this mentality of mine could be bad cuz i have heard the company is willing to put pci express 3 which doubles the band width of 2 and it has been launched since 2007, all 6 cards will run in 8x mode. If they dont use this kind of technology, i think this is the worse buy ever!!

 

[dir_d]

Who said you have to use Graphics cards in those PCI-E slots...If i didnt have my 790FX GD70 id buy it because the only PCI card i have is my sound card, all the other cards i have are PCI-E. You know you can put a PCI-E 1x Card in a PCI-E 16x port and it will negotiate down to 1x right. Because of this it makes this board great, you have so many options, you can plug in any card you need to and up to 6 Graphics cards if you wanted.

 

[GSquadron]

Ok, but who knows about the cards

 

[Disparia]

I do

Don't knock the slots. Besides this board there are only three others that I can name with 6 or 7 x16 (physical) slots. They give flexibility of placement and/or the use of add-on cards such as RAID controllers, NICs, TV tuners, sound cards, along with multiple video cards.

A minority situation? Yes, but that is why we're grateful when a manufacturer provides another option to choose from.

 

[2wicked]

That board reminds me of the isa to pci transition.
"omg that board has 6 pci slots and only one isa ,who the hell is going to use that" Years later the cycle repeats!

 

[Deleted member 67555]

they also make PCI-E SSD's
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227498

Sure one might say "WTF Who can Afford That"

 

[GSquadron]

256 GB for only 1000$!!!! WHO IS THAT ***************************** who is going to buy that? Where the hell did u find this hardware man? It must be superbly fast but 4$/1Gb it is not worth to buy

 

[assaulter_99]

Thats what are ssd's my friend! lol And believe me, they are selling like hot cakes.

 

[Disparia]

Both Z-Drive models available on Newegg just went out of stock, lol.

 

[BraveSoul]

6 identical slots look better and more symmetrical then say 2(16x) 2 (1x) and an older pci slot

 

[Deleted member 67555]

If there is something, you want to expand on, there will be a new faster slot right?

It's just PCI-E taking on it's Role as Stated, and why might this be important for AMD you ask....
Because Some newer Intel chips have PCI-E Limitations, where as AMD does Not,
Gimmicky, Yeah....

But it'll sell

 

[GSquadron]

Well looks like i predicted again even in motherboards, the chipset is going to support pci express 3.0. In fact it supports well 4 graphic cards in 8x speeds and 2 others are for ssd or sound cards.
By pure chance i was searching in fudzilla for an asus motherboard when i saw something really interesting about this technology. Have a look for yourself!
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/8237/69/

 

[H82LUZ73]

I came looking for pics Link please


Uhm this the one ? http://www.guru3d.com/news/msi-890fxgd70-motherboard-photos/

Is it me or MSI turned a corner or hired all the ex epox guys,Man there main boards giving me some goosebumps...Oh mean tent .....damn that and the 790fxgd70 look sweet.

 

[erocker]

Well looks like i predicted again even in motherboards, the chipset is going to support pci express 3.0. In fact it supports well 4 graphic cards in 8x speeds and 2 others are for ssd or sound cards.
By pure chance i was searching in fudzilla for an asus motherboard when i saw something really interesting about this technology. Have a look for yourself!
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/8237/69/

Sounds awesome, where can I buy one?

 

[PP Mguire]

they also make PCI-E SSD's
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227498

Sure one might say "WTF Who can Afford That"

256 GB for only 1000$!!!! WHO IS THAT ***************************** who is going to buy that? Where the hell did u find this hardware man? It must be superbly fast but 4$/1Gb it is not worth to buy

You thought that was bad?

http://www.fusionio.com/ioxtreme/

Yes, im going to be getting one in the near future.

Well looks like i predicted again even in motherboards, the chipset is going to support pci express 3.0. In fact it supports well 4 graphic cards in 8x speeds and 2 others are for ssd or sound cards.
By pure chance i was searching in fudzilla for an asus motherboard when i saw something really interesting about this technology. Have a look for yourself!
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/8237/69/

No pci-e 3, just more pci-e lanes from the chipset.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express#PCI_Express_3.0

Why are you getting your panties in a wad over this anyways? If your that awestruck over it then just get something else instead.

 

[MKmods]

It is time to face the truth, why did they put 6 pci express in that motherboard?
I think it is not silly, it is simply idiotic to buy that kind of motherboard. 2 pci express are lets say ok, 4 are silly and 6 are terrible. Who in the world buys that motherboard and 6 graphic cards to run them all in 4x? u better buy one with 2 pcie and than run them in 16x or 8x cuz with pci express 2 that is not a problem. But this mentality of mine could be bad cuz i have heard the company is willing to put pci express 3 which doubles the band width of 2 and it has been launched since 2007, all 6 cards will run in 8x mode. If they dont use this kind of technology, i think this is the worse buy ever!!

When I saw this I remembered seeing something similar when looking for a X58 mobo

How about 7!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188059

Now for the e-peen crowd 4 way SLI is pretty cool (except that 3 way isant much better than 2 way, lol) That 2Kwatt PS is starting to look good to me..

Personally I like the all PCI X slots (time to get rid of the old PCI slots anyways) What I wish for is a way to configure the slots the way the user wants in the bios, that way I could decide what slots had X16 and so on.

 

[PP Mguire]

I cant wait till it takes a direct 220 hookup from your breaker box.

 

[Disparia]

^ Wire it up, power supplies are usually a percent or two more efficient when running @ 220/240v.

When I took out my central air handler/heater, I left the wiring in place (240v/60a) for future server rack.

 

[PP Mguire]

Its OT, but i dont even have 220 in my house.

 

[Disparia]

Sure you do... but I'm going to stop right there since I'm not a qualified electrical technician


MKmods,

Four x16 @ 2.0 x16, no configuration needed Though if I was going to get picky.. be nice if I could have gotten an x8 instead of two x4's at the bottom for a nice RAID controller.

 

[PP Mguire]

Sure you do... but I'm going to stop right there since I'm not a qualified electrical technician


MKmods,

http://www.theburnerishot.com/photo/X8DTG-QF.jpg

Four x16 @ 2.0 x16, no configuration needed Though if I was going to get picky.. be nice if I could have gotten an x8 instead of two x4's at the bottom for a nice RAID controller.

Lol no i dont. I have 220 coming TO my house but its split into 2 110 lines for 2 circuits. My dad is certified and i watched what he did. Btw, were building our house and the electrical, albeit hard wired, is rigged.

 

[Disparia]

Odd... but I guess anything is possible when "rigged"


More PCIe pron to keep derailment to a minimum:

 

[MKmods]

Sure you do... but I'm going to stop right there since I'm not a qualified electrical technician


MKmods,

http://www.theburnerishot.com/photo/X8DTG-QF.jpg

Four x16 @ 2.0 x16, no configuration needed Though if I was going to get picky.. be nice if I could have gotten an x8 instead of two x4's at the bottom for a nice RAID controller.

Now load it up with 4 of these and we are good to go Aleksander Dishnica, just let me know when ur ready and Il make you a SFF case for them....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133253

Wait, what was this thread about?

 

[Disparia]

Had something to do with PCIe... probably not having enough:

If nVidia didn't have the stifling limit of 8 GPU's in a system...

 

[PP Mguire]

Odd... but I guess anything is possible when "rigged"


More PCIe pron to keep derailment to a minimum:

http://www.theburnerishot.com/photo/X8DTH-iF.jpg

Its split into 2 110 lines. My dad did this.

His breaker box
Output
30amp breaker
20amp breaker

1 cable

My breaker box
Input
30amp breaker
20amp breaker.

2 circuits, technically 220, but only dual 110 LOL