Quote from: Starscream on March 04, 2014, 10:20:17 AM

Quote from: feofhweufheuiwhfef on March 04, 2014, 10:16:29 AM

I presume that the overall power usage would be 30-40 watts x 3, which is 90-120 watts.

Would that really be too much for the motherboard to handle?

Thanks

If that's the case, than no, it wouldn't be to much for the motherboard to handle and you can safely skip powered risers. I was thinking you'd wanna buy a lot more cards thus said with quite certainty that you'd need powered risers.

Do you have any sort of guide as to what is considered "too much" for the motherboard..?

Is it 75 watts per x1 and x16 slot, or is it something else entirely?

I know that AMD RADEON cards are 100 watts+, and so, I assume this is why they need 6-pin connectors, because x16 slots have 75 watts.

Is this correct? What is the amount of watts that x1 and x16 slots support, and does it change for PCIe 2.0, 3.0 etc?

Thanks