Help with NIC please! Anyone have the X7SPA?

I have a X7SPA-HF mobo and a 502L-200B chassis. I cannot figure out if I can use a PCI NIC with this mobo. I am using 2.5" laptop drive and I have the RSC-RR1U-E16 riser card.

Will a NIC work with this mobo and if so, what card is recommended?

The X7SPA-HF already has 2x Intel 82574L Gigabit LAN so why do you need another NIC? The riser is a PCI-E x16 rev 1 so any of the PCI-E x8 -> http://www.supermicro.com/products [...] fm#adapter

ref - http://www.supermicro.com/products [...] p=H&IPMI=Y

CSE-RR1U-E8 - x8 1U PCI-E Riser Card
RSC-RR1U-E16 - x16 1U PCI-E Riser Card
Riser cards -> http://www.supermicro.com/support/ [...] riser.aspx

AOC-SG-i4 - 4 port GbE card / PCI-E 2.0 x4

Either of those 1U riser cards are fine, as long as you have a PCI-E x8 or x16 riser. It's not that complex.

I looked at the wrong specs, see below. The AOC-SG-i4 is a FULL length; so NO it won't fit. Google produced the wrong link.

The chances 'here' of anyone using your MOBO + CASE + NIC is 1/Billion.

AOC-SG-i4 - http://www.mullet.se/dokument/AOC_SG_i4.pdf
The AOC-SG-i4 add-on card offers the following features:
• Dual Intel 82576 LAN chips
• PEX 8518 PCI Bridge chip
• PCI-e x8 interface
• Low-profile, full-length PCI-e x8 standard card

AOC-SG-i2 - http://www.supermicro.com/manuals/other/AOC-SG-I2.pdf
The AOC-SG-i2 add-on card offers the following features:
• Dual Intel 82575EB1 LAN chips
• PCI-e x4 interface
• Low-profile, half-length PCI-e x4 standard card, dimensions (without end brackets)
(HxL): 6.4cm (2.5" ) x 13.2cm (5.2" )

ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/CDR-NIC_ [...] -SG-i4.pdf


SC502L-200B - http://www.supermicro.com/products [...] 2L-200.cfm
• 1x full-height [b]half-length PCI expansion slot[/b] (Optional)
(Riser Card Required)