I am just finishing up my Sandy Bridge build and had a couple of questions about motherboard options and PCI-E.
I am going to start with a single NVIDIA GTX 570. However, down the line I intend to add another and go SLI. Therefore I want to leave myself with an option of going x8/x8 for the video cards.
The additional catch is that I plan on going with the OCZ Revodrive x2 which is PCI-E x4. Therefore in the future I will need x8/x8/x4.
The problem is that I am planning on going with a Core i7-2600K. Since it only has 16 PCI-E lanes, obviously something has to budge. Throw in the onboard components and we have a serious shortage of lanes.
Do I need a motherboard with the NVIDIA NF200? Are there other options? Does the NF200 add significant latency such that it does more harm than good? Should I go X58?
I was looking at the Gigabyte P67A-UD7. What about the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe? I was originally planning on going with either Gigabyte or ASUS.
Any thoughts or opinions are appreciated.
Dan
I am going to start with a single NVIDIA GTX 570. However, down the line I intend to add another and go SLI. Therefore I want to leave myself with an option of going x8/x8 for the video cards.
The additional catch is that I plan on going with the OCZ Revodrive x2 which is PCI-E x4. Therefore in the future I will need x8/x8/x4.
The problem is that I am planning on going with a Core i7-2600K. Since it only has 16 PCI-E lanes, obviously something has to budge. Throw in the onboard components and we have a serious shortage of lanes.
Do I need a motherboard with the NVIDIA NF200? Are there other options? Does the NF200 add significant latency such that it does more harm than good? Should I go X58?
I was looking at the Gigabyte P67A-UD7. What about the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe? I was originally planning on going with either Gigabyte or ASUS.
Any thoughts or opinions are appreciated.
Dan