That's just plain dumb board design...Originally Posted by oohms
The open ended PCI-E slot on the P5K-VM is blocked by the battery
Good luck fitting anything longer than 4x cards in
Unless somehow a bigger card can fit (or be made fit) even with such an obstacle in its way, there is yet another reason NOT to go with the P5K-VM... Seriously, I AM an Asus fan, but sometimes I don't know what goes on with Asus's board designers... I guess they forgot open-ended 4x PCI-E slots can be used for Crossfire...
[RANT]I mean, putting an open-ended slot next to an obstacle? Yeah, right... Not to mention that GREAT idea they had to put the only non IRQ-sharing PCI slot on the P5B Deluxe next to the first PCI-E 16x slot (and similarly with another PCI slot, right next to the second PCI-E 16x slot, all along leaving an 1x PCI-E slot - disabled in Crossfire - always available...) [/RANT]
Cheers.
Miguel
P.S.: Sorry for venting, won't happen again. It's just sometimes I can't understand some somewhat obvious - and VERY wrong - choices manufacturers make...
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