[geeks] Need geek assistance

[Joshua D. Boyd]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
> On Apr 18, 2010, at 2:13 AM, Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:05:53AM -0400, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
>>> Is it just me or is it a bit odd for such a powerful motherboard to
>>> have only 1x PCI-e slot and 1x PCI?
>>
>> It's a "Server" motherboard.
> 
> I would expect a robust server to have PCI-X or PCIe 4x or 8x for  a 
> RAID controller..


Since someone mentioned a riser card, I wonder if it is possible for a 
16x riser to break that out as 2x 8x slots with full bandwidth?