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Z-170A PCIe slots

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Hi guys,

 

Long time lurker and finally needed help. I recently bought a 1080Ti but didn't realize it was so thick it literally kisses my second card, I was wondering if I can skip the x16_2 slot on Asus Z-170A and use the first and third instead. Right now I have them on x16_1 and x16_2 at x8 each.

 

I was going to contact asus support but i threw out the motherboard box so i don't know the required serial number :(

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Which Z170A?

Like over 3 brands have motherboards called Z170A...

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Assuming you mean the ASUS Z170-A, yes, as long as you aren't using too many sata ports.

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yeah that should be ok. But use gpu-z to see if it still has an 8x speed

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Thanks :) I'll give it a test 

just wanted to give a quick sanity check before i have to redo the wires :P 

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