Motherboard for mining - how many PCI risers can be used?

siggiboyminersiggiboyminer Member Posts: 12
Hello,
I have a MSI Z170A PC Mate motherboard (https://www.techpowerup.com/215116/msi-unveils-the-z170a-pc-mate-motherboard) with 2xPCI express 16 pin slots and 3 pieces of PCI-Express 3.0 x1 and two normal PCI slots. If I use PCI risers, can I then use a maximum of 5 GPU-s with this motherboard? Or can the normal PCI slots be used as well, meaning seven GPU-s? Is it possible to add several PCI risers to one single 16 pin PCI Express slot?

Thanks a lot!

Comments

  • rmhrmh Member Posts: 410 ✭✭✭
    edited August 2017
    You can not put a PCI-E card to a PCI slot physically. Even if you could push the risers end into it, it's not a coincidence that the different slots are in different positions compared to the back.
    Just use your brain, or google about pci and pcie slots, to meet the characteristics. Even the pinouts give different voltages.


    Is it possible to add several PCI risers to one single 16 pin PCI Express slot?

    It's a joke?
  • onis_ukonis_uk Member Posts: 85
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