GTX 970 in PCIe 2.0 x1 slot

Jonny eSports

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Apr 14, 2016
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Will it work? I just ordered one and just realized my CPU cooler is big enough that it might not let me fit my new video card in the PCie 3.0 x16 slot. So my options are to reinstall my CPU cooler (and deal with it hanging over my RAM so I'd have to remove the cooler if I ever have to change the ram) or there's PCIe 2.0 x1 slots. I see plenty of answers it working fine into a x8 slot but nothing on x1. Let me know if it will work or if I should move my CPU cooler as mentioned above.

(in hindsight, I should have bought a diff. mobo but oh well)