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Convert GPU PCI-E X16 to X8
tle:
My Radeon Vega 64 PCI-E 3.0 X16 card would not take advantage fully of the X16 PCI-E 4.0 X16 bandwidth. Plus the double slot design of this GPU would get in the way of the X8 slot of the Raptor Blackbird. So I bought the X16 to X8 adapter card on Aliexpress so I could install my GPU on the X8 slot. The hack works but I don’t really like it that much because the card profile would now be incompatible with closed PC based.
I wish that the future revision of Blackbird would swap position of X8 with X16 slot. Additionally the X8 slot should be open-ended so that X16 card could fit in perfectly without the needs of using adapter card.
UPDATE: I mod my X8 slot open ended https://youtu.be/93yEag-aryk
FlyingBlackbird:
> I wish that the future revision of Blackbird would swap position of X8 with X16 slot.
Yes, this IMHO one of most urging limitations (only two PCIe slots and too narrow for x16 dual slot GPU cards if you want to use the x8 slot too).
My workaround would be (I still have no 2-slot GPU) an PCIe extension raiser adapter (50 EUR / 60 USD) which is eg. supported in my Fractal design define R6 case:
https://www.fractal-design.com/products/accessories/flex-vrc-25/black/
In the how-to video you can see how the GPU is mounted in another place (turned by 90 degrees).
This could also improve the cooling situation.
MPC7500:
--- Quote from: tle on April 20, 2020, 01:13:08 am ---I wish that the future revision of Blackbird would swap position of X8 with X16 slot. Additionally the X8 slot should be open-ended so that X16 card could fit in perfectly without the needs of using adapter card.
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Second that and remove the f***ing USB port ...
MauryG5:
Guys, I don't think it's as simple as you might think this slot 8 above and 16 below. The Blackbird is a micro ATX card which means that it has to be compact and give you the possibility to install a 16 connector card and an 8/4/1 connector card. If they inverted the slot position, considering that the 16 slot is used for almost all people, for the graphics card, putting it underneath, there would no longer be the space required to install the cards that mainly need that slot. Moreover, you have to consider that today most graphics cards use such a shape that the upper slot 16 is precise and also the other motherboards of other computers are designed in the same way, the thing is universal for everyone for obvious reasons of optimized space. Raptor has to think about most of the options that are used today and in percentage, the cards on the market today are used with that configuration. What I think, we need to complete the range of motherboards dedicated to Power, is a card with ATX form factor, like the Condor or similar, in this way we will have more possibilities to install the various add-on cards...
tle:
--- Quote from: MPC7500 on April 20, 2020, 10:18:53 am ---
--- Quote from: tle on April 20, 2020, 01:13:08 am ---I wish that the future revision of Blackbird would swap position of X8 with X16 slot. Additionally the X8 slot should be open-ended so that X16 card could fit in perfectly without the needs of using adapter card.
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Second that and remove the f***ing USB port ...
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I second that. Please also get rid of all SATA ports. SATA is now a thing of the past or replace SATA with SAS (but I do not think it would be a good idea because of cost factor).
I also think the board should come with at least two M2 port. One is for NVMe SSD and the other for Wifi.
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