Noted board issue/questions

[Bob002]

Looking at pricing something out and trying to get a baseline of where I'm going to be to make a "smaller" system for lugging around to different events (I do videography for a small, local MMA promotion).

Long story short, I have 2 BlackMagicDesign Intensity Pro cards that I'm using that run off PCIe. But, it seems that every board I've found in MicroATX config (looking at the thermaltake Urban SD1 case) will have one of the PCIe slots covered (problem on my current board/computer) if I use a dual slot card.

Offhand, are there *any* boards out there worth their salt that don't have this issue?

 

[plugwash]

Some poking arround on newegg found an asus board with three x1 slots http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131995 two of which would be usable with a dual slot GPU

Your right it does seem a rare combo though, most low end micro atx boards are either missing slot positions completely or have PCI in either position 3 or 4 while the high end boards tend to be set up for the sli users and so have an x8 slot off the CPU in slot 3 (which would mean if you used your cards in such a board your GPU would be switched down to x8).

 

[Bob002]

Some poking arround on newegg found an asus board with three x1 slots http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131995 two of which would be usable with a dual slot GPU

Your right it does seem a rare combo though, most low end micro atx boards are either missing slot positions completely or have PCI in either position 3 or 4 while the high end boards tend to be set up for the sli users and so have an x8 slot off the CPU in slot 3 (which would mean if you used your cards in such a board your GPU would be switched down to x8).

I managed to find that right after I posted this. It just doesn't make sense to me, at all. But whatever. Is what it is. That asus board fits what I need nicely.