> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Green
>
> >IMHO for the serious gamer a Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI
> >socket 939 mobo
> I am starting to have second thoughts about this mobo. Yes
> for the gamer
> it seems excellent -- with AMD 64 and X2 and SLI. But for
> real users, I wonder.
>
> It has only 2 PCI slots and those 2 PCIe x16 slots for the
> gamers. But what good are those 2 PCIe X1 slots?
>
> I have yet to find a PCIe X1 card for anything -- or in fact
> a PCIe X16 card beside the graphics cards.
>
> Will somebody please tell me I am wrong -- so I can
> comfortably go out and buy the thing.
>
> Jim
Jim,
You could go with the GIGABYTE GA-K8N Ultra-9 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4
Ultra motherboard. No SLI (one PCIe X16), 3 PCI slots. I do little gaming
(and none with fast graphic needs) and purchased this board with a 3700+ AMD
64. And, you save a few bucks for thatAMD 64 X2!
Jim Maki
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