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I have an asus z170-k and one gtx 970 i want to run a second in sli but cant find a difinitive answer on weather i can or not . Thanks

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PSU?

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You cannot with that motherboard. The last PCIe x16 slot is wired for x4. NVIDIA requires 8x as a minimum regardless of generation.

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It can only crossfire not sli

SLI is Nvidias version of crossfire. Crossfire is AMD only.

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SLI is nvidias version of crossfire. Crossfire is AMD only.

I know

that motherboard is CF only it cannot SLI

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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not on that board

 

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SLI is Nvidias version of crossfire.

Well no. SLI came first before Crossfire. Crossfire is AMD's version of SLI technically. NVIDIA didn't even create SLI.

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Ok thanks can anyone recommend a good motherboard that will support an i5 6500 and SLI?

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Well no. SLI came first before Crossfire. Crossfire is AMD's version of SLI technically. NVIDIA didn't even create SLI.

Did 3DFX create SLI?

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Did 3DFX create SLI?

They were the first to implement it, and then NVIDIA bought them out, redesigning it and giving it a different name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3dfx_Interactive#SLI

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I like the Asus Z170-A however I'm basing it on reputation and looks, I haven't owned the Z170 platform

 

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http://www.ebuyer.com/729182-exdisplay-gigabyte-ga-z170x-gaming-7-eu-socket-lga1151-hdmi-5-1-channel-audio-atx-motherboard-ebr2-ga-z170x-gaming-7-eu?gclid=CjwKEAiAwZO0BRDvxs_1w-qFnhkSJABo10gg0TZY5gAeu-3p8NE-xEivz49fMg3aJT1QKcV7kjw3dRoCs3Hw_wcB#fo_c=951&fo_k=81693121043cf1db6e1be5005339de08&fo_s=gplauk?mkwid=sWA3N2WiH_dc&pcrid=51630194939&pkw=&pmt=    Can anyone vouch for this also will i be able to overclock much with it?

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Gigabyte's gaming series is quite good and looks cool too. As for overclocking, if you were asking about the CPU you can't because your CPU is locked. You can overclock your 970s but that doesn't depend on the motherboard.

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Gigabyte's gaming series is quite good and looks cool too. As for overclocking, if you were asking about the CPU you can't because your CPU is locked. You can overclock your 970s but that doesn't depend on the motherboard.

Yes im upgrading that to an unlocked one 

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Gigabyte's gaming series is quite good and looks cool too. As for overclocking, if you were asking about the CPU you can't because your CPU is locked. You can overclock your 970s but that doesn't depend on the motherboard.

You can overclock Skylake via BCLK now

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