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I'm building a new CustoMac and I intend to use just hardware from the latest buyer's guide. But the catch is I need to have a system that's compatible with Avid Pro Tools HD2 PCI (that's PCI as in 1993, not PCIe) cards.
The setup comes with 2 very long PCI cards, so I need a motherboard with 2 PCI slots that doesn't have chipset coolers directly behind those slots. I've narrowed it down to Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H which fits the description and is mentioned in the buyer's guide.
But as I google about these specific cards, I read about certain requirements these cards might have. Some people say native PCI support is required and latest chipsets mostly don't have it, except for Q77. The only board with Q77 in the latest buyer's guide has only one PCI slot and therefore isn't appropriate. Can anyone confirm or deny this and recommend a CustoMac board with Q77? Jetway boards seem to get mentioned a lot, but I can't buy them where I live.
Another option that gets mentioned is a PCIe -> PCI adapter.
Does anyone have any direct information on this? Thanks in advance.
The setup comes with 2 very long PCI cards, so I need a motherboard with 2 PCI slots that doesn't have chipset coolers directly behind those slots. I've narrowed it down to Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H which fits the description and is mentioned in the buyer's guide.
But as I google about these specific cards, I read about certain requirements these cards might have. Some people say native PCI support is required and latest chipsets mostly don't have it, except for Q77. The only board with Q77 in the latest buyer's guide has only one PCI slot and therefore isn't appropriate. Can anyone confirm or deny this and recommend a CustoMac board with Q77? Jetway boards seem to get mentioned a lot, but I can't buy them where I live.
Another option that gets mentioned is a PCIe -> PCI adapter.
Does anyone have any direct information on this? Thanks in advance.