Gpu installation help!

User9089

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Hello! There now I resently brought a new motherborad and the case fan just overlaps the graphics card bay the top one would I be able to put it down to the second bay down? Or does it have to go in order 123 or I'm my case 213? Please help just allittle worried
 
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Some boards allocate a different number of PCIe lanes to certain slots, i.e., sometimes physical x16 slots only have x8 electrical connections.
You'll have to consult the documentation for your specific mainboard to find out if this is the case.
On a low or mid-level GFX card, this is of no consequence. Even on some high-end boards, the performance drop can be lower than you'd expect.

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Some boards allocate a different number of PCIe lanes to certain slots, i.e., sometimes physical x16 slots only have x8 electrical connections.
You'll have to consult the documentation for your specific mainboard to find out if this is the case.
On a low or mid-level GFX card, this is of no consequence. Even on some high-end boards, the performance drop can be lower than you'd expect.
 
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