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Hey all I have a kind of strange question. I would like a new PCIE sound
card but I can't get one because the graphics card takes up too much room so
that it's impossible to fit it there. So, I was wondering if there were a
device to perhaps give me more PCIE slots or something (I'm a bit of a n00b
to all this). I searched around a bit and found an extender but all that
seemed to do was give me a long cable from the slot, but then the sound card
would just 'hang' there?

I hope I've explained myself enough ... and I may just have to get a good
old PCI sound card?

Thanks all

"Ayatollah of rock 'n' roller" <> wrote in message
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> Hey all I have a kind of strange question. I would like a new PCIE sound
> card but I can't get one because the graphics card takes up too much room
> so that it's impossible to fit it there. So, I was wondering if there were
> a device to perhaps give me more PCIE slots or something (I'm a bit of a
> n00b to all this). I searched around a bit and found an extender but all
> that seemed to do was give me a long cable from the slot, but then the
> sound card would just 'hang' there?
>
> I hope I've explained myself enough ... and I may just have to get a good
> old PCI sound card?
>
> Thanks all

Why not a USB sound device??
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/229059

MJP
>
>

On 06/01/2011 15:52, §nühw¤£f wrote:
> In message<_sjVo.46756$2>, "Ayatollah of rock 'n' roller"
> pondered the following:
>> Hey all I have a kind of strange question. I would like a new PCIE sound
>> card but I can't get one because the graphics card takes up too much room
>> so
>> that it's impossible to fit it there. So, I was wondering if there were a
>> device to perhaps give me more PCIE slots or something (I'm a bit of a n00b
>> to all this). I searched around a bit and found an extender but all that
>> seemed to do was give me a long cable from the slot, but then the sound
>> card
>> would just 'hang' there?
>>
>> I hope I've explained myself enough ... and I may just have to get a good
>> old PCI sound card?
>>
>> Thanks all
>>
> Might not be any advantage to using the PCIe card over the older PCI card...and
> if space on the mobo is an issue then dont break **** while tryin to fix ****.
> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/25...-recomendation
>
> <nods>
>
Indeed. The sound card in my studio is PCI and I've never had any issues.

On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:29:25 +0000, Ayatollah of rock 'n' roller wrote:

> Hey all I have a kind of strange question. I would like a new PCIE sound
> card but I can't get one because the graphics card takes up too much
> room so that it's impossible to fit it there. So, I was wondering if
> there were a device to perhaps give me more PCIE slots or something (I'm
> a bit of a n00b to all this). I searched around a bit and found an
> extender but all that seemed to do was give me a long cable from the
> slot, but then the sound card would just 'hang' there?
>
> I hope I've explained myself enough ... and I may just have to get a
> good old PCI sound card?
>
> Thanks all

What is your objective in a PCIe over a PCI card? And what card are you
looking at? Certainly it doesn't have to be a 16 lane card like a video
card right?



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