bud951
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- Dec 24, 2007
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| System Name | Making Love |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel SandyBridge 2600K |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 |
| Cooling | Corsair H70 Liquid Cooler |
| Memory | 8 GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator 1600 |
| Video Card(s) | Saphire Radeon 6970 2gb + XFX GeForce 8800GT 512mb Hybrid PhysX |
| Storage | Crucial 128 GB SSD for os and games + WD 2TB for storage |
| Display(s) | Samsung SyncMaster T260 LCD 26" |
| Case | Thermaltake Shark Mid Tower (plus Vasoline to make it all fit!) |
| Audio Device(s) | Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 + Logitech Z-5500 Digital THX Speakers |
| Power Supply | Corsair AX1200 |
| Software | Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
I am building a new PC and my MB has 4 pcie slots 2-16x and 2-8x and I need them all. The way the board is configured and the hardware I am using would mean that I need to install my primary video card which is dual slot for cooling in the 2nd of the two pciex16 slots and use the 1st pciex16 slot for either my dedicated physx card which is single slot or my raid controller. I am sure it will work but I have always heard that the #1 pcie slot is always for the primary graphics card. Is there any downside to using the #2 pciex16 slot for main graphics?
