Up to 4 Dedicated GPUs?

motrcolt

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I'm looking to buy a computer that I can poor money into in the future, that is to say I want to buy a decent setup now but also one that is exandable and easy to upgrade as I get my hands on more funds. After looking at many guides and videos I simply do not feel comfortable enough buying parts and making the computer myself, and would rather pay for a brand not only for the rig itself, but for the labor and support that comes along with it. After looking I've decided on Digital Storm over Alienware, namely the Aventum 3.

Now for the actual question! When looking at the platforms I noticed that they have it listed that if you don't get the intel-x generation or threadripper series that you can have at most 4 dedicated GPUs. Is this maximum number of GPUs purely a processor limitation that I can increase down the road by saying buying the Intel 8th generation (maximum 2 dedicated GPUs) now and later upgrading the processor to say the threadripper 1950x, or is there something else besides the processor within these kits that are limiting the maximum number of GPUs?

Edit: This is currently a gaming computer but as I'm starting work as an engineer I may need to transition it into a workstation in the future
 

Dunlop0078

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What is this build going to be for? Unless you are mining or using some other application that can leverage 4 GPU's it is absolutely not worth it. Nvidia no longer supports 4 way SLI so, having 4 cards would not help gaming performance. I believe you can still crossfire 4 amd cards but modern games have little to no 4 way crossifire support, games would likely run better with 2 cards or even a single card for some games.
 

motrcolt

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I appreciate the response but this doesn't actually have to do with my question of whether or not this is a processor limitation or if there is something else preventing 4 gpu usage