which is the cheapest motherboard that support 6 video card without problem?

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Quote from: critical on August 24, 2011, 09:38:46 PM

if pci to pci-e adapter works, it will be a cheaper route than those expensive board

Here's an ebay seller with them for $28 instead of the more typical $45. I haven't tested this though and can only guess it's likely the same.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PCI-PCI-E-Converter-Adapter-Bridge-Card-/320739099762?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aad8a4472

I'd love to know if these work well.

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if pci to pci-e adapter works, it will be a cheaper route than those expensive board

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pci to pci-e adapter should work, although these adapters are not cheap either.

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7 will be too much, but i heard 890fxa-gd70 although it has 6, only support up to 5, anyone has luck tried on 6?

or does the PCI to PCI-E way works too?

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i believe MSI 890FXA-GD70 or GD65 can run 6 slots. i personally have not tested it with this many though. i use the MSI xpower Big Bang x58 for 6 cards right now, it can support 7, but i have not tested it for the 7th card yet. i will soon though, when my build is complete. it's not exactly a cheap board though, about $300 for the motherboard and $200 for CPU. i haven't been good with updating performance numbers, but here's more info if you want to follow this specific motherboard:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/pics-inside-custom-built-8-card-rack-34174

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currently on 4 x 5830, on kill-a-watts its only 660 watts

so intend to put 2 more 5830, maybe with 1200w coolermaster gold

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what power supply would you be using =p hahaha

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or maybe i should use pci to pci-e converter on 5 pci-e motherboard with some pci slots

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which is the cheapest motherboard that support 6 video card without problem?

thanks

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