[svlug] motherboard recommendations

[Bill Bell]

>From: Jeff Frost <jeff at frostconsultingllc.com>
>To: Nick Austin <nick at smartaustin.com>
>CC: Lord Sauron <lordsauronthegreat at gmail.com>, svlug at lists.svlug.org
>Subject: Re: [svlug] motherboard recommendations
>Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:13:04 -0800 (PST)
>
>On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Nick Austin wrote:
>
> > Looks like AGP has a few limitations. I can't wait to see the next 
>generation
> > of super high speed PCIe 16x devices. :)
> >
> > Are there any motherboards with more then two PCIe 16x slots? Can you 
>put a
> > 1x card in a 16x slot?
>
>The most I've seen thus far are 2, but that doesn't mean there aren't 
>boards
>with more.  I would guess they'll start having less PCI slots and more 
>PCI-e
>slots after manufacturers start putting out more PCIe devices.
>
>Looks like the Tyan K8E has 2 PCIe x1 slots and one PCIe x16 slot:
>
>http://tyan.com/products/html/tomcatk8e.html
>
>Also, looking at that photo, the x1 slots appear differently sized and
>oriented than the x16 slots.
>
>

Or you might want to look at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131568

ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce SPP 100 ATX AMD Motherboard


         Bill