EVGA GTX 670 4GB Power Connection and Slot Placement Help

[kjackson09]

My EVGA GTX 670 4GB finally arrived......yay!

1. I have an Asus P8Z77-V motherboard, and which PCI express slot do I install the card in? The motherboard manual leads me to believe it's the PCIe slot closest to the CPU, but doesn't this make everything really cramped?

2. I am really unsure on how to connect power to this card. The card has two 6-pin connection spots on it. I have a sweet Seasonic Modular Power Supply, that came with a cable which on one end connects to the computer power supply and the other end of the cable is splits to two separate connectors (8 pin, with 2 removable making a 6 pin usable). Each 6 pin is even labled 'PCIe'. Is it as simple as connecting the two 6 pins into the 6 pins on the EVGA card, and connect the other end (20 pin or so maybe?) to the GPU section of my Seasonic power supply?

Many thanks.

 

[mple]

You can use the next slot down if you feel the top slot is too cramped. Don't think there's any performance difference between x8 and x16 for PCIe 3.0. For the connectors just ignore the separate 2 pins and use the two 6 pins.

 

[toyota]

why do you feel it would be cramped in the first slot? that is the slot that nearly every person uses plus you even have a pci-e x1 slot right above it. according to the pic on newegg, it says either of the first two slots will be pci-e 3.0 16x if just one is used so i guess it does not matter anyway.

 

[kjackson09]

why do you feel it would be cramped in the first slot? that is the slot that nearly every person uses plus you even have a pci-e x1 slot right above it. according to the pic on newegg, it says either of the first two slots will be pci-e 3.0 16x if just one is used so i guess it does not matter anyway.

From what I've read in the manual it's in the correct slot, the manual says something to the effect if you only have one PCIe installed than the first PCIe is the best slot to use to optimize performance.

One thing that doesn't look right though is that the GTX 670 card bottom (end) sits on directly on top of the Intel Z77 chipset.

 

[Don Karnage]

You should see 670 SLI on a Maximus V if you want to see cramped

 

[guskline]

kjackson09, the first slot is fine, eventhough it appears like the video card is resting on or blocking the chipset. As far as connectors for power, use the Seasonic connectors and , as mentioned above, just ignore the 2 pins additions. They were made that way to support eith 6 pin or 8 pin cards. Please keep us posted on the performance of that GTX 670 with 4g Vram!