Quote Originally Posted by YukonTrooper View Post
Is the UD5/DS4 compatible with the PCI-e X-Fi Titanium? I see people with this card and the UD5 in their signature, but looking at pictures of the board, it doesn't look like the sound card would fit at all. The very most top slot is the PCI-e 1x slot, is it not? I'm just looking at the pin arrangement on the card and it looks like it would fit into the top slot. Or is it the second slot down, but the card doesn't use the whole slot?

That x1 port is useless as it runs right into the NB withing a few mms. You'd need a custom card that came with the board for anything to fit into that slot, like the DFI Berstien audio module. But at least you get a slot #1. DFI doesn;'t get a slot 1. Just 2 - 7. lol If you use your own sound card like me, then you get nothing for slot 1.

I think it's time for a new ATX standard. These board are getting smaller every time new techs come out. I see some 10-slot cases being made and I was hoping the larger 1033 CPUs were going to switch to a new 10-slot board, but apparently not. Hopefully someone has something up their sleve for a bigger board. SLI/Xfire x5 would be cool!

-=Mark=-