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What's occupying your PCI-e slots?

Quadro K5000
Netstor HBA for PCI-E Expansion -> 3 Titans, Red Rocket
Areca 1882 RAID card
Small Tree 2x10Gb Ethernet.
 
depends on which machine I'm working on (and which client), but generally one of these configs:

GPU/graphics (GTX 680, 5770, 5870, x1900)
AJA Kona3 Card (or Blackmagic style equivalent)
CalDigit HDPro 2 Card (or SSD storage via PCIe)
empty, eSATA expansion, eSATA/USB3 expansion
 
1. EVGA GTX-670 FTW 4GB (having fun in BootCamp Windows 8 Pro X64)
2. NVidia 8800 GT Mac Edition 512MB (bootscreen)
-> future Sonnet Tempo SSD Pro icw 2 Samsung SSD 840 EVO
3. spare for future swap NVidia 8800 GT from #2
4. empty with no closing peace = secret (wife-proof) piggybank for SSD setup :D
 
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Update

1. EVGA GTX-670 FTW 4GB
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2. Apricorn Velocity Solo X2
3. NVidia 8800 GT Mac Edition 512MB
4. empty -> Inateck KT-4004 USB 3.0 (?)
 
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A pretty much outdated Apple RAID Card in slot 4, capable of 2.5 GT/s only, and collecting dust. :eek:

Occupying is the right term for this thing. So many more attractive SATA 3 solutions available today..
 
Mine has evolved as well:

4: Inateck KT4004 4 Ports USB 3.0
3: Sonnet Tempo Pro (1TB SSD RAID-0 OS X Boot)
2: Solo x2 (512GB SSD Windows Boot)
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1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 4GB (MacVidCards)




MacPro 5,1 2012 12-core 3.33GHz
 
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Currently:

2010 Mac Pro: (soon to be decommisioned)

4. Small Tree 2x10Gb Ethernet
3. Areca 1882 RAID card
2. Netstor HBA for PCI-E Expansion -> 3 Titans, Red Rocket
1. Quadro K5000

PC Workstation:

1. iofx 1.6TB
2. Intel X540-T2 10Gb
3. LSI MegaRaid 9361-8i
4. nVidia Quadro K6000
5. nVidia Quadro K6000
6. nVidia Quadro K6000
4. Red Rocket-X
 
...outdated Apple RAID Card in slot 4, capable of 2.5 GT/s only,..
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Seriously, I think of it as a wasted slot. Current config is

4. Apple Raid Card, 2 HDDs conntected as JBODs for Data
3. Velocity Solo x2, Samsung 830/256 (boot drive, apps)
2. ORICO PFU3-2P for USB3 (works fine here)
1. R9 280X, 2 HU

Sure it was nice to have when it came with the Mac Pro. It's a 2009 machine, reached about 200-220MB/s read/write with 2x 2TB Barracudas striped to RAID0 when I got it in 2012. I know the card has been expensive new but that isn't really competitive anymore by today's standards.

Maybe I should toss it overboard and free a precious slot for something more useful. Does anyone care to comment on this?
 
2009 Mac Pro
4: Inateck KT4004 USB 3.0
3: Axxon LF659KB RS232
2: Samsung XP941 256GB
—
1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120



2010 Mac Pro
4: Inateck KT4004 USB 3.0
3: Axxon LF659KB RS232
2: Plextor M6e 128GB
—
1: ATI Radeon HD 5770
 
Fangio said:
Seriously, I think of it as a wasted slot. Current config is

4. Apple Raid Card, 2 HDDs conntected as JBODs for Data
3. Velocity Solo x2, Samsung 830/256 (boot drive, apps)
2. ORICO PFU3-2P for USB3 (works fine here)
1. R9 280X, 2 HU

Sure it was nice to have when it came with the Mac Pro. It's a 2009 machine, reached about 200-220MB/s read/write with 2x 2TB Barracudas striped to RAID0 when I got it in 2012. I know the card has been expensive new but that isn't really competitive anymore by today's standards.

Maybe I should toss it overboard and free a precious slot for something more useful. Does anyone care to comment on this?
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Good to see you made some use of your PCIe after all...

The Apple Raid Card was my WORST $$$ spend since using a Mac, back in 2008. Nothing but trouble and that very annoying battery revival thingy, ugly. Just running a soft RAID0 and very happy with it. And yes, I have a very good back-up scheme!
 
4. Apricorn Velocity Solo x1
3. BlackMagic Design Intensity Pro Capture Card
2. (empty, formerly occupied by a Radeon 2600 XT for boot screen)
--
1. EVGA GTX 660 OC 2GB Edition
 
BDM STUDIOS NL said:
Good to see you made some use of your PCIe after all...

The Apple Raid Card was my WORST $$$ spend since using a Mac, back in 2008. Nothing but trouble and that very annoying battery revival thingy, ugly. Just running a soft RAID0 and very happy with it. And yes, I have a very good back-up scheme!
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The xServe one actually worked a lot better, but yeah the Mac Pro version was a joke.
 
1. Gigabyte WindForce 3 fan Nvidia GTX780 with EFI by MacVidCards
2. Apricorn Velocity Solo X2 (Samsung 840 500 GB)
3. Old USB 2 Four Port Card
4. Inateck KT4004 USB 3 Four Port Card

Lou
 
^^^^Your slot numbering seems to be reversed. You Fixed It:eek:

Lou
 
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my machine is a server now. Video card broke so i just yanked it, all the slots are empty. Going to fill them with hard drives. Low cost plan is to put a 4 sata controller in #1, and mount hard drives on blank cards on 2,3,4. power will come from the board
 
  1. Asus GTX 760
  2. empty -> PCIE EVO 500GB with Solo X2 or AD4MSPX2
  3. Inateck KT4004 USB 3.0
  4. empty
 
1. HD 7970 with 0.956v 925mhz core/ 1300mhz ddr5
2. HD 7970 with 0.956v 925mhz core/ 1300mhz ddr5
3. blocked
4. Inateck 4 port USB 3.0
 
4 of my 5 slots are filled. While most overlook the mPCIE slot down in the processor area, It works well for USB 3.0.

Slot1: EVGA 680GTX or Gigabyte 7950. Depends on my mood.
Slot 2: Lycom NGFF adapter w/ Samsung XP941
Slot 3: Open for another NGFF flash disk
Slot 4: Velocity X2 - powering a couple 840Pros.

mPCIE/Airport slot: USB 3.0 Controller w/ 180MBSec R/W approx.
 
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