Phishy714

also might be worth mentioning if this is your first build.... most motherboards have a chipset that is compatible with either amd or NVidia (gpu) based video cards. this is in addition to the major design for an amd or intel cpu (main processor).. some are made deliberately to cross over (eg -an amd processor but an NVidia video card or an intel processor but an amd video card). so if you really are in love with a video card, you might take that into consideration when choosing your motherboard. some claim to do both, but a quick check of user reviews on a more educated site will reveal lots of builders finding bugs when using video cards on motherboards that have their chipsets based on the competitor brand chips...lol, so it's worth checking compatibility there as well....

That's interesting.

I guess I assumed that particular problem (sli w/ amd processor or xfire on intel) was something that was done away with two generations ago - with Intel's i-series of processors. While I don't generally patrol motherboard forums, I could have sworn that most, if not all, current gen motherboards will have these chips from stock that allow both technologies regardless of processor..?

I always thought that overclocking the PCI-E slot was a REALLY bad idea..?

Since a single TITAN doesn't fill the entire bandwidth of the PCI-E express slot, what's the use in overclocking it?