So recently I've decided to buy a second identical graphics card so that I could crossfire the two. Unfortunately, I didn't check the specifications of my motherboard thoroughly enough to see if it could even effectively crossfire. Apparently, it cannot (one of the PCI 2.0 Express slots is 16x, the other is 4x....). So, I was hoping to get people's opinions on what motherboard I should get now that will support crossfire along with all of my other parts.
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM4
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card *I bought a second one of this card*
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard *This is my current motherboard*
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT55TFBGRBOX
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC ...
Also, I also wonder if my power supply will be able to handle a second graphics card. I don't think it will be an issue but of course I'd like to know what other people with more tech experience feel about it.
What do people think of this motherboard?
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM4
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card *I bought a second one of this card*
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard *This is my current motherboard*
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT55TFBGRBOX
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC ...
Also, I also wonder if my power supply will be able to handle a second graphics card. I don't think it will be an issue but of course I'd like to know what other people with more tech experience feel about it.
What do people think of this motherboard?
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard