I'm planning to purcahse a GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 nForce 570 SLI mobo, but I needed to know something for certain.
My situation is this: I just purchased a Cooler Master GeminII and as we know it's quite large but one of the best for cooling! I need a mobo that will have a PCI-E low enough for the GeminII heatsink/pipes not to get in the way of the 8800 GTS video card.
I decided to go with the GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 nForce 570 SLI, and want to mount the 8800 GTS on the lower PCI-E slot so it wont get in the way.
My question is this: Will the PCI-E run at 16x on either slot as long as I'm only using one? Because I've heard of boards that run one slot at 16x and the other at only 8x even if only using one.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
My situation is this: I just purchased a Cooler Master GeminII and as we know it's quite large but one of the best for cooling! I need a mobo that will have a PCI-E low enough for the GeminII heatsink/pipes not to get in the way of the 8800 GTS video card.
I decided to go with the GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 nForce 570 SLI, and want to mount the 8800 GTS on the lower PCI-E slot so it wont get in the way.
My question is this: Will the PCI-E run at 16x on either slot as long as I'm only using one? Because I've heard of boards that run one slot at 16x and the other at only 8x even if only using one.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
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