Topic: Best Tri-Card Motherboard? - page 2. (Read 3033 times)

  Hey everyone,

  I thought I'd post this as both a question for others but also to ease anyone looking at the hardware side.  I was contemplating to consolidate any further endeavors into mining and noticed that I only really picked up boards enabling 2 cards each (as was the plan originally).  Now that I've seen people run 3 dual-slot cards successfully, I wanted to rummage through boards to find out which one wouldn't have the pesky header problem of slot #7 or below.  

  Surprisingly there are only a few boards.

  ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131644

  MSI 890FXA-GD70 (not the 80)
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130274

  Gigabyte GA-990FXA UD5
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128509

  EVGA P67 FTW E679-KR
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188082

  Now since I've tried out some UD3s and a UD7, I'd probably go with the UD5 personally but I see nothing with with EVGA on the Intel side.  I know that Ogrr post with a guy selling 25 systems seemed to have MSI boards but the ratings are a bit too low for me personally to trust it (haven't used MSI before).  

  Does anyone else own any of these boards or can recommend a particular one?

  Trying to basically put a 5970 in slots #1-2, leave #3 empty, a card in #4-5, leave #6 empty, and a card in slots #7 (or #7-8).  I have no problem cooling 2-card systems with a few front and side case fans but as always, cards near each other tend to be starved for air.  

  On the ASUS board, slots #1, #3, and #5 would be populated.
  On the MSI board, slots #1, #4, and #7 would be populated (or I suppose, #1, #3, and #5).
  On the Gigabyte board, slots #1, #3, and #5 would be populated.
  On the EVGA board, slots #1, #3, and #6 would be populated (or I suppose #1, #4, and #6).

  Still looking at Cooler Master 1200 Silent Pro Golds for power.  Figure that they'd cut it for a 3-card system with a little headroom, unless I jumped up to a 1,500 unit? Hmm.

  Thanks.