Does MSI Z87 MPOWER 1150 take 7x7970 ?

[mrkengz]

Hi, i'm new here. I did some reading for a while and decided to build a 4x7970 system. I found this mobo, MSI Z87 MPOWER 1150, have 4 pcie-x1 and 3 pcie-x16, which typically takes 7 GPUs (w/ risers).

so, I just want to make sure that it will do before buying.
Thank you.

[epixoip]

the board can physically support it with extenders, but i don't know if the uefi firmware can address that many pci devices. only one way to find out: try it.

[Szulik]

I can only told You that when insert 7 hd7970 into Biga Bang X-power II windows see all cards but win7 can work with max 4 gpus so i cant tell if that will work on linux

[epixoip]

windows will work with more than four gpus.

[mrkengz]

ok let me try 4x7970 first, then adding an old 5450 to see if it recognise more than 4 cards. cheers.