Gpu/motherboard problem

[CarbonWolf]

So this is my first build, and I encountered an issue. My motherboard- Asus Rampage V extreme has io decor which makes it impossible to fit my gpu - msi Gtx 980ti with a backplate into the 16x slot, what should I do, I don't want to remove the gpu backplate.

[Silverstreak Folf]

can you take a picture of it

[JebKerman]

well as a quick and simple fix, you could put it in the next 16X slot

[CarbonWolf]

No not right now I am not home but I can take one tommorow morning, the backplate is to tall for it to fit under the io cover I guess it is meant for gpus without a backplate

[CarbonWolf]

This is an early photo of the build, see how the dim slot for the gpu is flush with the io decor so it will not fit my backplate and i think the next slot down is an 8x slot,so if i put it there will it decrease its performance very much

[Silverstreak Folf]

is the chipset cover interfering too? If not just move it to a lower 16x slot

[JebKerman]

all of the red slots on that board a 16x PCIe3, even if for what ever reason they aren't, I'm pretty sure GPU's cannot even saurate an 8x PCIe2 slot, and you certainly wont see a performance difference.

[CarbonWolf]

The chipset cover is not interfering with it but I have already put in the next red slot just to make sure it posted so I guess I will just keep it that way. Thanks for your help guys I just wanted to be sure that my system would be doing the best it could be, this is a pic of it with the gpu installed

[CarbonWolf]

It did not show the pic for some reason