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So earlier this month i got a MSI motherboard that has a 3.0 PCI-E and a 2.0 PCI-E and i was wondering if i could SLI on the 2 slots, i have 750 Watts on the PSU and looking to upgrade that is the only part that is kinda lacking, i have a 660Ti 2GB from asus. 

CPU:i5-3570k OC'd to 4.0 MOBO: MSI Z77A-G41 GPU: Asus 660Ti 2Gb OC Case: NZXT Source 210 Black and Windowed RAM: Kingston HyperX Black Series 8GB Storage: WD 1TB Caviar Black, 3TB WD Green, 120GB Kingston HyperX CPU Cooler: CM TX3 PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W OS: Win 7 Perf: Corsair M65, Acer S220HQLAbd 21.5" Main with 17" Secondary, a Corsair K70, and ATH-M50's.

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What's your motherboard?

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What's your motherboard?

MSI Z77A-G41

CPU:i5-3570k OC'd to 4.0 MOBO: MSI Z77A-G41 GPU: Asus 660Ti 2Gb OC Case: NZXT Source 210 Black and Windowed RAM: Kingston HyperX Black Series 8GB Storage: WD 1TB Caviar Black, 3TB WD Green, 120GB Kingston HyperX CPU Cooler: CM TX3 PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W OS: Win 7 Perf: Corsair M65, Acer S220HQLAbd 21.5" Main with 17" Secondary, a Corsair K70, and ATH-M50's.

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MSI Z77A-G41

You can't sli on that motherboard. Sli requires Pci-e 2.0 x8 or higher. The second slot is Pci-e x4.

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damn... well thanks for the help

CPU:i5-3570k OC'd to 4.0 MOBO: MSI Z77A-G41 GPU: Asus 660Ti 2Gb OC Case: NZXT Source 210 Black and Windowed RAM: Kingston HyperX Black Series 8GB Storage: WD 1TB Caviar Black, 3TB WD Green, 120GB Kingston HyperX CPU Cooler: CM TX3 PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W OS: Win 7 Perf: Corsair M65, Acer S220HQLAbd 21.5" Main with 17" Secondary, a Corsair K70, and ATH-M50's.

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damn... well thanks for the help

No problem. 

Btw, if you have a 660 Ti and want to upgrade I recommend getting a 7950/7970 and selling your 660 Ti. 

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http://us.msi.com/product/mb/Z77A-G41.html

 

crossfire support so sli... same, but not sure 100%

It doesn't work that way. Apparently you need 2 Pci-e 2.0 slots running at x8 or higher to be 'sli ready'.

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yea i'm kinda on the edge for AMD, nothing against them but i like some of the features that Nvidia has over AMD and how they are optimized to Nvidia cards

 

*EDIT* mostly i don't want to drop $500 on a new card when i can get a secondary for 250 or so getting a good sale on newegg

CPU:i5-3570k OC'd to 4.0 MOBO: MSI Z77A-G41 GPU: Asus 660Ti 2Gb OC Case: NZXT Source 210 Black and Windowed RAM: Kingston HyperX Black Series 8GB Storage: WD 1TB Caviar Black, 3TB WD Green, 120GB Kingston HyperX CPU Cooler: CM TX3 PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W OS: Win 7 Perf: Corsair M65, Acer S220HQLAbd 21.5" Main with 17" Secondary, a Corsair K70, and ATH-M50's.

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yea i'm kinda on the edge for AMD, nothing against them but i like some of the features that Nvidia has over AMD and how they are optimized to Nvidia cards

 

*EDIT* mostly i don't want to drop $500 on a new card when i can get a secondary for 250 or so getting a good sale on newegg

The 7950/7970's are dropping in price quite a fair bit.

7950: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

7970: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150665&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

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