I'm long overdue an upgrade from my Z77 setup, I'm looking to go to an X570 setup with a Ryzen 7 3700x, however I currently have a GTX 970, which is fine, but I'd like the option to SLI it in the near future if I can pick up a matching card for cheap.
The problem with this is that I'm struggling to find out whether I can SLI on a PCIe 4.0 board that has a second slot that runs at PCIe 3.0. This is the board I've been looking at but I keep finding conflicting information online as to it's support.
Can anyone confirm whether I can SLI 970s on this board, and if not link me to an X570 board that will?
Thanks,
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Next up, the PCB is shorter than the card itself, and NVIDIA's unique new reference-cooler makes the card about 50% longer than its PCB. NVIDIA listened to feedback about shorter PCBs pushing power connectors towards the middle of the cards; and innovated a unique design, in which the card's sole 6-pin PCIe power connector is located where you want it (towards the end), and internal high-current wires are soldered to the PCB. Neato? Think again. What if you want to change the cooler, or maybe use a water-block? Prepare to deal with six insulated wires sticking out of somewhere in the PCB, and running into that PCIe power receptacle. The rear PCB shot also seems to confirm the 192-bit memory bus, given how some memory chip pads are blanked out by lacking SMT components needed by the memory chip.
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