need help choosing a motherboard

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atlcraw1

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I'm interested in build a PC if possible with the following Equipment
intel Qx6700
4 gb g.skill pc2-6400
2 8800 gtx evga graphic cards
1 blu-ray disctriple burner
1 pioneer dvr-111d
xclio stablepower 1000w
x-fi elite sound card
2 seagate barracuda 750 gb possible raid 0
HDTV Tuner
LAN/WAN
802.11n via usb or PCI

I plan on OC with liquid cooling. The Mo Needs to have enough PCI slots to upgrade down the line
 
If you're going 2x8800, you're going to need either a 680i board or the P5N32-E SLI Plus board from Asus with the 650/570 chipsets. Personally, with a quad core, I'd look at that Asus plus board since the 680i's seem to have problems with quad core.
 
Isn't the 8800 a 2-slot-wide card? If so, then he wouldn't have 2 usable pci slots. I think the only board that fits that description might be the MSI P6N-Fi or Platinum.

Of course they are 650i-based boards, so you only get 8x8 SLI instead of 16x16, but unless you're planning on resolutions greater than 1600x1200, it makes little to no difference.
 
Looking at what he's buying Im sure his monitor at the very minimum is 24'....
 
Did you have another suggestion for a board with more than one PCI slot free with 8800 gtx SLI going on? Maybe I missed one.
 
Spanki said:
Isn't the 8800 a 2-slot-wide card? If so, then he wouldn't have 2 usable pci slots.
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I'm sure that he can get a PCI-E tuner card ...
abit's IN9 32X already comes with a PCI-E WiFi card as part of the bundle although it's 802.11b/g.
 
Personally, I usually go USB with wireless anyway because you can take the adapter to another computer ;).

Let's face it. When you're going with 2x8800's you're not going to have much room left over for expansion slots. I'd say a PCIe Tuner and your X-Fi are about all you're going to get in there.
 
kirbyrj said:
...Let's face it. When you're going with 2x8800's you're not going to have much room left over for expansion slots. I'd say a PCIe Tuner and your X-Fi are about all you're going to get in there.
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...which is why the MSI board layout is so nice.. with 2x8800's, you still have 2 PCI slots and one 1x PCI-E slot open :). With the ASUS boards, you have 1 PCI and (either) one 1x PCI-E slot or one 16x physical PCI-E slot.
 
Spanki said:
...which is why the MSI board layout is so nice.. with 2x8800's, you still have 2 PCI slots and one 1x PCI-E slot open :). With the ASUS boards, you have 1 PCI and (either) one 1x PCI-E slot or one 16x physical PCI-E slot.
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We'll see when the Diamond version comes out with x16/x16.
 
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