What's occupying your PCI-e slots?

[SilvioM]

Now :
1- GTX TITAN
2- GTX TITAN
3- Blocked by GTX TITAN
4- 960GB Mercury Accelssior

Soon to be :

1- QUADRO K6000
2- QUADRO K6000
3- Blocked by QUADRO K6000
4- 960GB Mercury Accelsior

 

[Photovore]

... aren't you all doing it upside-down?

4: <empty>
3: <blocked>
2: GTX 570 (compute & out to the projector)
1: GT 120 (main screen display)

 

[OS6-OSX]

... aren't you all doing it upside-down?

What are you talking about!

 

[GermanyChris]

1 GTX 570
2. Blocked
3. Matrox compressHD
4. eSata card

as sold

1. GTX 570
2. Blocked
3. GT120
4. Empty

 

[kevink2]

NVidia 8800
Caldigit USB3/eSata card. Currently, drivers disabled for USB since I was getting occasional panics, do not know if it is from the drivers or the card.
ORICO PFU3-4P 4 (which gives me USB3 with builtin mountain lion drivers).

 

[willgreene99]

The CalDigit USB3 without the eSata works great in my 5,1. Both of them are driving a Drobo 5D.

 

[Gymnut]

1. GTX 580 3GB Classified Ultra
2. Highpoint Rocketcache 3240x8
3. Matrox CompressHD
4. Blackmagic Intensity

 

[seveej]

Currently:

1. ATI 5770
2. N/A
3. N/A
4. N/A

Ditto.

RGDS,

 

[ScottishCaptain]

From top to bottom:

1) Apple RAID card (2010 model)
2) Sonnet Tempo SATA Pro 6Gb 4-Port PCIe Card
3) Magma PCI-e 16x HBA
4) ATI 5870 GPU (stock Apple unit)

-SC

 

[flowrider]

... aren't you all doing it upside-down?

What are you talking about!

Most of us aren't:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2838

Lou

 

[willgreene99]

When I read that KB page and the accompanying graphic, it seems that Slot 1 is on the bottom. Am I reading that correctly?

Slot (4) |_____|
Slot (3) |_____|
Slot (2) |_____|
Slot (1) |_____|

And that only Slots 1 & 2 are x16 whereas Slots 3 & 4 are x4 ?

 

[flowrider]

^^^^Yes you are. and you are correct on the number of lanes for 2008 (3,1) and above. The only difference being on 3,1 machines slots 3 & 4 are PCIe version 1.0 and slots 1 & 2 are PCIe version 2.0. On 4,1 and above all slots are PCIe version 2.0.

Lou

 

[khollister]

ATI 5770
UAD-2 Duo (audio effects DSP)
OWC eSATA
FW400/USB 2.0 expansion (not really used at the moment)

 

[-hh]

MP#1:

1. GT-120
2. GT-120
3. empty
4. empty


MP#2:

1. ATI-5770
2. OWC Accelsior SSD
3. (reserved for USB3 card; TBD)
4. empty


-hh

 

[pastrychef]

I tried to replace my Orico USB 3 card with a one port USB 3 card that did not require additional power but, even though it is based on a Fresco Logic FL1000 card, it didn't work. I guess OS X only likes the FL1100.

 

[brentsg]

I've got a pair of Velocity Solo X2 and an NV GF680 at the moment.

 

[Jake0604]

1. Ati 5770
2. GTX 650 Ti OC
3. USB 3.0 card
4. Air

 

[IceMacMac]

What occupies my slots?

That seems like an extremely personal and inappropriate question!

 

[TzunamiOSX]

NVidia 8800
Caldigit USB3/eSata card. Currently, drivers disabled for USB since I was getting occasional panics, do not know if it is from the drivers or the card.
ORICO PFU3-4P 4 (which gives me USB3 with builtin mountain lion drivers).

No problems with eSATA Hydra Super-S LCM RAID and and a Orico 6518US3 USB Docking Station on CalDigit

 

[RoastingPig]

1. soon to be gtx 680 4gb ftw currently 5870
2. blocked
3. maybe sonnet tempo but blocked for now open
4. orico 2 port usb

 

[flat five]

is this thread supposed to be representative of all the "we need pci slots in the new mac" talk?

(air,air,air,5770)

 

[mcfx]

Nothing else than my stock ATI 5870 card.

 

[wonderspark]

is this thread supposed to be representative of all the "we need pci slots in the new mac" talk?

(air,air,air,5770)

I didn't read any mystery or conspiracy into the original post, but I can see how it could offend someone sensitive to the subject of PCIe slots, and whom also has an axe to grind. Apple is giving you a slotless Mac Pro soon, so stop hating and start celebrating!

I thought it would be fun to see what you guys have in your PCI-e slots...

4 - empty, but slot is used for passing mini-SAS cables out the back
3 - FASTA-6GU3 2x eSATA 2x USB3 card
2 - Areca 1880ix-12
1 - 5870 or GTX 285 (probably replaced soon with a 570 or K6000)

 

[flat five]

lol @wonderspark.

is there anything i can say around here without getting my head chewed off?

 

[clamnectar]

Get ready for a laugh...

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
and the rest are empty