P6T7 WS Supercomputer

duckycrayfish · 01-12-10, 08:46 PM

im thinking about getting the P6T7 WS Supercomputer. it looks like an amasing motherboard, but can you put a pcie x1 into one of its pcie slots?
i dont want to get it unless you can do that... and it would be really bad to get it and find out i cant.
could someone also tell me what its fbs is and how fast ram it can support? (like ddr3-?) i found specs on ram but i really dont understand it. thx

Freddiz · 01-17-10, 04:47 AM

For the PCIe x1 in a x16 slot, that works great. You can use x1, x4 x16 in a PCIe x16 slot.

duckycrayfish · 02-17-10, 11:00 AM

ive seen other people argue against that T.T

jaymz9350 · 02-18-10, 05:02 PM

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ive seen other people argue against that T.T

You can actually put a 16x card in a 1x slot if you cut a notch out for it. Pretty much pci-e is fully compatible regardless of the slot sizes.

duckycrayfish · 02-18-10, 05:58 PM

lol what would be the point of that?

jaymz9350 · 02-18-10, 06:09 PM

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lol what would be the point of that?

didn't say there was a point to it but it can be done. I've seen cases where people wanted the 16x slots in there board for RAID cards for a home server (I believe I even saw one on here somewhere) and put a low power GPU in a 1x slot as bandwith was of no concern.

duckycrayfish · 02-18-10, 06:24 PM

oh. this is kindof off topic... but what are the benifits of having a raid card with a mobo that can do raid?

jaymz9350 · 02-18-10, 07:08 PM

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oh. this is kindof off topic... but what are the benifits of having a raid card with a mobo that can do raid?

A true raid card will take all the load off of the processor. Onboard motherboard raid is still not true hardware raid. a good card will have it's own processor and ram to handle all the raid functions.

duckycrayfish · 02-18-10, 07:14 PM

what about with the ICH8R south bridge? doesnt that handle all the raid stuff?

jaymz9350 · 02-18-10, 08:27 PM

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what about with the ICH8R south bridge? doesnt that handle all the raid stuff?

it still off loads on the cpu just like a cheap raid card would. a good raid card cost's more than most of the highest end motherboards alone.

duckycrayfish · 02-18-10, 08:31 PM

O.o sht.....done asking about those.....

01-12-10, 08:46 PM	Thread Starter #1
duckycrayfish Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Algonquin, IL	P6T7 WS Supercomputer im thinking about getting the P6T7 WS Supercomputer. it looks like an amasing motherboard, but can you put a pcie x1 into one of its pcie slots? i dont want to get it unless you can do that... and it would be really bad to get it and find out i cant. could someone also tell me what its fbs is and how fast ram it can support? (like ddr3-?) i found specs on ram but i really dont understand it. thx Last edited by duckycrayfish; 01-13-10 at 04:38 PM.
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duckycrayfish Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Algonquin, IL	ive seen other people argue against that T.T
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02-18-10, 07:14 PM	Thread Starter #9
duckycrayfish Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Algonquin, IL	what about with the ICH8R south bridge? doesnt that handle all the raid stuff?
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