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What Do You Do With Your Pci Slots?

Hi everyone,

Returning to the hardware series of my bionformatics life, I do wish to know what people manage to do with their PCI slots. Nowadays, most server mobos come with an astonishing number of PCI slots in a wide range of configurations/versions. So, the balance between versatility and adequacy can be complicated to attain.

In my case, I normally choose adequacy over versatility, i. e., mobos with PCI slots that I will certainly use. But, it's quite common to see workstations/clusters/servers with many unused PCI slots. Other kinds of slots share the same situation.

I was wondering what kind of clever things one can do with these unused/unplanned resources. Possibly nothing.

So, what do you do with your PCI slots?

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updated by Adrian Adrian • written by Jarretinha Jarretinha

Almost! I was hopping for some ingenious answers ;) But, I as anyone can see, my question is as useless as most PCI slots I ever have seen. Or more ...

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written by Jarretinha Jarretinha

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If you're worried about them being empty, you could always fill them up with NVIDIA Tesla boards.

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I don't know anyone who lets a PCI-e 16x empty. Most mobos don't have two slots of this type with enough space for even two Tesla. A GPU is an quite obvious choice. But, what if your mobo has 3 PCI 33Mhz? Or 4 PCI 4x in a 8x slot? You can check Tyan, Supermicro and other brands and see these strange configurations for yourself.

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written by Jarretinha Jarretinha

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