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Hello Everyone !
I have an ASUS Sabertooth Z87, a Xonar Essence STX SoundCard and im planning to build a SLi Setup, clearance and cable managment is my main concern because of the poor airflow that it could cause. There is a chance to get rid off the sound card from the middle only if it can be connected in the PCIE 2.0 X16 slot so it won't interfiere between both GPUs, each gpu requieres two PCIE slots from the case.
Here is a pic as how i would organize the gpus and the soundcard if it works in the last pcie x16 to get the best cleareance and cable managment possible.
As you can see it would be perfect that way, would my soundcard be limited somehow if i use PCIEX16 instead of PCIEX1? Will it work or not?
Thanks in advance for helping
EDIT: The last PCIEX16 2.0 supports only x4 lanes.
I have an ASUS Sabertooth Z87, a Xonar Essence STX SoundCard and im planning to build a SLi Setup, clearance and cable managment is my main concern because of the poor airflow that it could cause. There is a chance to get rid off the sound card from the middle only if it can be connected in the PCIE 2.0 X16 slot so it won't interfiere between both GPUs, each gpu requieres two PCIE slots from the case.
Here is a pic as how i would organize the gpus and the soundcard if it works in the last pcie x16 to get the best cleareance and cable managment possible.
As you can see it would be perfect that way, would my soundcard be limited somehow if i use PCIEX16 instead of PCIEX1? Will it work or not?
Thanks in advance for helping
EDIT: The last PCIEX16 2.0 supports only x4 lanes.
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