Question about spacing on the Maximus 6 Hero in 2 way sli

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Hello i am concerned about this i recently bought a maximus 6 Hero Motherboard. The reason why i am concerned is i plan on doing 2 way SLI and i just realised if i wanted to get a dedicated sound card would i have enough room for it when i do 2 way SLI?

yes i know the maximus 6 hero comes with a on board sound card but if i wanted in the future to get a sound card i would like to know that it will fit when i do my 2 way SLI

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1150/MAXIMUS-VI-HERO/E8181_Maximus_V_Hero.pdf
Manual so you can see spacing
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131989
pictures of motherboard from newegg



Thank you in advanced for any help and information its much appreciated!
 
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Do you do 2 way sli? and i was asking if there would be enough room when i am doing 2 way SLI on the maximus 6 Hero if i wanted to add a dedicated sound card

Will the spacing be too thin to add a sound card will it cause problems with heating on gpus / sound card just wondering about this

Also when i do 2 way SLI + sound card the GPU's will still stay x8x8 in pcie 3.0 and the sound card will be x1 ?

 
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No I don't but I have a Asus GTX 780 Ti and a Asus HD 7790 plug both in at one time (never ran it though). I can still put PCIE X1 expansion cards.

Yes when doing multiple graphic cards setup the PCIE 3.0 X16 lanes will do at X8/X8 configuration.
 
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I plan on doing 2 780 ti's in 2 way SLI and i am worrying if i wont have to option to put a sound card in while doing 2 way sli

here is the card i plan on getting http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487003&AID=10657534&PID=3938566&SID=&nm_mc=AFC-C8junctionCA

So you are saying that i can do 2 780 ti's at the same time in 2 way SLI and still have room to put a 1x sound card in and it wont effect anything like to much heat from the GPUs or to much heat on the sound card? i am just worrying about the space i will have i have never installed a GPU into a motherboard before so i don't know how much space a 780 ti would leave after doing 2 way SLI on the hero.

If you could help explain how much room i would have when doing 2 way SLI and a 1x sound card on the hero that would be awesome and much appreciated Thanks for information

 
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yes i understand that but wont i have to put 1 780 ti in the PCIEx16/x8_1 Slot and another 780 ti in the PCIE_x8_2 which is both the red PCIE 3.0 slots and that means there would be very little space for the PCIE express x1 slot on the top to put a sound card in and that's what i am worrying about will there be issues installing the sound card in the top PCIE x1 express slot will it cause heating issues with the sound card / GPU any problems like that
 
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Hmmmm ok thanks! so i have nothing to worry about 2 way SLI on my maximus 6 hero and if i wanted to put a dedicated sound card in the top PCIE express x1 slot it would not be a problem and both GPU's will run at x8x8 in PCIE 3.0? im just being paranoid.

Do you think the nzxt 630 phantom is a good case for what i am doing?

Thank you for information and you're time its much appreciated

 
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