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Hi everyone!

I have a strange question that someone maybe can help me with..
I want to use a high end aircooler on my RIVBE since my AIO just gave in. But the first pcie slot is to close to the cpu socket for a cooler with big heatsink. So I am wondering if it is possible to use the 2:nd and the 4:th pcie slot for my sli configuration instead of slot 1 and 3? This would free up space for my heatsink. I know this is really stupid and that the bandwidth will only be 8x but I don't think that would limit my gtx 780 ti anyway..

So do you think this is possible? I'm thankfull for any thoughts on this!
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Hi everyone!

I have a strange question that someone maybe can help me with..

I want to use a high end aircooler on my RIVBE since my AIO just gave in. But the first pcie slot is to close to the cpu socket for a cooler with big heatsink. So I am wondering if it is possible to use the 2:nd and the 4:th pcie slot for my sli configuration instead of slot 1 and 3? This would free up space for my heatsink. I know this is really stupid and that the bandwidth will only be 8x but I don't think that would limit my gtx 780 ti anyway..

So do you think this is possible? I'm thankfull for any thoughts on this!

//D

As it is socket 2011 you should be able to this. All PCI lanes are 16X and with two cards it will be x8,x8, meaning it won't matter where you place your GPU.

On my Maximus V Extreme I have my two Titans in PCI lane 1 and 4. 

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Of course it would work :D

You can use any 16x length slot for any GPU on that board.

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Of course it would work :D

You can use any 16x length slot for any GPU on that board.

 

Ok so the only difference will be the bandwidth available (8x vs 16x)?

I wasn't sure that it was possible to choose freely among the awailable pcie slots..

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Ok so the only difference will be the bandwidth available (8x vs 16x)?

I wasn't sure that it was possible to choose freely among the awailable pcie slots..

The slots will be running in 8x regardless with two cards.
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The slots will be running in 8x regardless with two cards.

 

Ok, and tahts fine with me as long as it will work :)

So the only reason Asus is recommending using the 1 + 3 pcie slots for 2 way sli is to be able to run at 16x pcie 3.0? It thought it was a must to get the cards working at all.. 

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