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    Massive MOBO, will it work

    hi there!
    i want to have dual crossfire of two Hd 6970's, but i want it to be quiet and cool, so i'm going to put an 'arctic cooling accelero extreme plus' on each. but then the graphics cards would take up 3 slots each! and i still want a wireless card and eventually a sound card (not on the spec). i think this is the largest MOBO available, but i am not certain.
    The question i really want to know is... Will it work?

    Case
    COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
    Processor (CPU)
    Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-960 (3.20GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
    Motherboard
    ASUS® RAMPAGE III EXTREME: 3-Way SLI & CrossFireX, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
    Memory (RAM)
    8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
    Graphics Card
    2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6970 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
    Free Item
    FREE Total War Shogun™ 2 with any AMD® Radeon™ Graphics card!
    2nd Graphics Card
    2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6970 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
    Free Item
    FREE Total War Shogun™ 2 with any AMD® Radeon™ Graphics card!
    Memory - 1st Hard Disk
    120GB OCZ VERTEX 3 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 500MB/sW)
    2nd Hard Disk
    1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
    1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
    24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
    Memory Card Reader
    INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
    Power Supply
    CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES GOLD (AX1200) 80+ MODULAR PSU (£208)
    Processor Cooling
    SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
    Sound Card
    ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
    Network Facilities
    ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£19)
    USB Options
    NZXT INTERNAL USB HEADER (4 Additional Powered Internal USB Ports) (£18)
    Operating System
    Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
    Office Software
    FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
    Anti-Virus
    BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
    Warranty
    3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
    Delivery
    STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
    Build Time
    Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
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    Price: £1,884.00 including VAT and delivery.

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    To start with that case you have chosen only has 7 slots at the back and with where you GPU's will be plugged in this i am pretty sure will not leave you any room to plug anything else in or maybe 1 of the extras you wnat in the middle so you might do slightly better trying the HAFX full tower this has 9 slots at the back so is more flexible, you could also try adding a sound and wireless card to the build on the main site and clicking proceed and see what you get back.
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    yeah i see now, so i've got more slots on the full tower case, unfortunately i had to remove the memory card reader oh well. it says it's compatible with 8 slots being taken up, but i don't know if it will work in the configuration i want, i need at least 3 spaces between each pci-e x16 for the graphics cards, with coolers, to fit on plus a pci-e wireless card and a pci sound card... i don't know how it would all be placed on the board. :S

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    I'm pretty sure you can call them up and ask them to configure it in a certain way

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    yes, i suppose you can. does anybody know if the crossfire link strip stretches over 4 spaces???

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    Yes you can get larger crossfire bridges


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