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Aurora R8, PCIe slots
Hello, I am trying to find out how many total and free PCIe slots are on the Aurora 8 (the $5000 one). I want to use this for HTC Vive VR, but the wireless upgrade on Vive requires a free PCIe slot, and with the computer already using PCIe for SSD, I am not sure what sort of free slots it will have. Can anyone help? I looked all over the specs on the computer and can not find anything about number of slots inside, only number of slots on outside of case.
Thanks!
Tesla1856
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April 8th, 2019 20:00
The online manuals are here.
If you order the Aurora-R8 with a single (dual-slot) Nvidia card like a RTX-2080, you will still have:
One PCIe-x16 slot (x8 electrical)
and
One PCIe-x4 slot
both free.
So, no problems installing another PCIe card in one of those lower slots.
Aurora R8 Setup and Specifications PDF, pages 14/15 =
Aurora R8 Service Manual PDF, page 14 =
DarbyDoo
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April 8th, 2019 14:00
2 PCIe x 16
Two PCIe x4 slots
One M.2 slot for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combo card•
One PCIe/SATA M.2 2280 slots for solid-state
Starshadow
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April 8th, 2019 21:00
Thank you for the info and link to the manuals, I had already ordered the R8 with single 2080 card, but does not get here till the 10th :) been trying to get all my ducks in a row before then, already have Vive but not the wireless upgrade yet, and did not know the wireless upgrade took a PCIe slot until today so I got meself worried and couldn't look inside the Aurora and see for myself yet, heh.