Quote from: systic on May 24, 2013, 09:40:51 PM

How many cards can my board support? The whole pci x1 to pic x16 riser deal confuses me tbh

ok to get you excited the max supported would be 7. that being said 7 will not happen. (most likely driver issues will result with AMD driver crashes)

you have 3 1x pci express which are perfect for bitcoin mining which does not require more then 1x.
to make those 1 x work you need a x1 to x16 adapter . try this link http://cablesaurus.com/PCIe-x1--%3E-x16-Adapter-Extender-Cable-w-Molex-Connector. i KNOW these work since i have several of them.

so with the 2 pci express 16 x or (4x) and 3 1 x with adapter you can have 5 .

to make it to 6 or 7 (good luck with 7) you need a pci to pci express (1x) adapter and that will allow you to use a pci express card in a pci slot with riser. (cablesaurus used to have them i bought them from him before but evidently he does not currently.

so i recommend ordering the 3 1x to 16x adapter and use the 2 normal 16 x pci express slots that gives you 5 available and that is plenty.

your power supply will not run that much anyhow so you can slowly keep adding cards if you have the adapters on hand.

you do not have to order from cablsaurus but i KNOW that all of his stuff is tested to work. (the reason why i bought it all form him)

i know i have a whole box of pci express riser cables leftover for multiple motherboards i have worked with, it can be very confusing as to what cable you need.

good luck