Will the I7-5820k Bottleneck 2x GTX980s in SLI?

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TSK-REAPER22

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Im planning a new build and im having some doubt to whether a 5820k will bottleneck 2 GTX980's in SLI configuration and if it will please point me to a processor that will not. Thanks all!
 
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The 5820k has 28 PCI-E 3.0 lanes. Meaning your first slot will be 16x your second 8x and you'll have 4x left over for a 3rd slot. Even though your second card will be running only 8x with PCI-E 3.0 it's enough bandwidth that it's not really an issue.

I think I saw some tests online once where they were testing 780s and in a 8x slot vs a 16x slot they saw 0-1% performance impact. Nothing to worry about.
 
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