PCI-X overhang

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drgnfang

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Ok, most of my questions were answered in my previous thread, and now I'm starting to line up parts.

Case: Norco 4020
SATA Cards: Super Micro SAT2
PSU: PCP&C 610w (upgrade to 750 as drives are added)

The question now is the Mobo. I have a Gigabyte P35 DS3L (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059) which should work, but my question is how far over a standard PCI slot will the SAT2 cards hang? Also, how much clearance do I need over the surface of the motherboard?

If I have to buy a new mobo I will likely go with the following:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182142
 
ok, not up to snuff here, but im assuming your talking about the AOC-SAT2-MV8, which is a 64 bit card and the question is, how much of the pins will hang outside of the standard PCI slot, to answer that question i beleave you can only use the top most pci slot and just miss the onboard sata connectors (cables will interfere but the card wont).. however.. i dont beleave the cards work like that but i could be wrong, il let some one else chime in and tell us whos wrong
 
The cards will work, okcie is doing this in galaxy 4.75 (post #219).
As long as I can plug the OS drive into one of the on-board sata ports, I can still get all 20 drives running. I have a 4 port PCI card which can go into the middle pci slot.

I'll keep digging and see if I can find a workable mobo for less than the server board posted above (aka, the easy solution).

 
so he is.. interesting..

ok well.. afer seeing his pics, your cards should miss all surface mount pieces.. but as i said, in the top slot you will run into issues with the onboard sata ports... the seconed slot down looks like it should be clear, but your ide header might hit the cards sata headers... the bottom slot might interfere with the bottom panel crap.. it will work... question is.. where
 
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