Any z97 mobos with 3-slot space between PCIex GPU slots?

MorgothPl

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Are there more boards like Z97 Xpower, that allow 3 slot space between the GPUs? I been looking at various Z97 offerings from the manufacturers and it seems this is the only one (though expensive) kind of mobo.
 
ASRock Z97 OC Formula
ASRock Z97 Extreme9
ASUS Z97-WS
EVGA Z97 FTW
EVGA Z97 Classified
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SOC
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SOC Force
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-Gaming GT
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK
 
Thanks... from all those, the Gaming GT seems most yummy, and very well priced for me ;)
 
ASRock Z97 OC Formula
ASRock Z97 Extreme9
ASUS Z97-WS
EVGA Z97 FTW
EVGA Z97 Classified
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SOC
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SOC Force
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-Gaming GT
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK

But do the cards run in Xfire if you use the cards with that layout on those mobos? My Asus Maximus z77 will turn off the 3rd pci-e slot when the cards are inserted like that.
 
I tried really hard to like the z97 Xpower... had to cough up a restocking fee on it because I just didn't. It was doing weird stuff for 1 (after windows got installed, BIOS would run re...a...lll...yyy...sl...oww.... but in Windows everything was great--couldn't fix it. newest bios revision with ME updated) and then it had this super annoying blue flickering light on the actual board for an HDD activity LED. You can defeat it... but not without turning off the other regular onboard LEDs, which I liked.

The Wifi module isn't as hard to install as people say... but I did it wrong anyway. I didn't damage it luckily but when I unscrewed it to send the board back for having a defective Wifi module, I realized I hadn't installed it quite right. For a 400 dollar board it just totally disappointed me. The ultimate slap in the face was realizing the fancy delid die guard it came with doesn't even fit Devil's Canyon.
 
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