do i have enough pcie lines for new gpu/ssd

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Mantas_2

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hello. I have i7 3930k cpu. (slightly overclocked) i currently have gtx 670. This does not reach minimum requirements for Virtual Reality. So I am on a tight budget - i cannot replace my cpu. I am planing to get gtx 1070. and i would like to get a fast ssd - so it plugs to same slot as video card, right? (pci?) now my cpu has 40 pcie lines. it officially supports pcie v2. but i used some patch to enable pcie 3, and gpu z now reports - PCI-E3.0x16@x16 3 . 0 So the question.. can my pc support both ssd and new video card running at their full capacity? thank you.
p.s. my mother board is Intel BOXDX79TO
 
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basroil


1) Your CPU only supports PCIe 2.0. Undo whatever you did to have it show up as 3.0 because it will cause issues with zero...
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basroil

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1) Your CPU only supports PCIe 2.0. Undo whatever you did to have it show up as 3.0 because it will cause issues with zero benefit
2) Unless your mobo supports NVMe, you'll need a disk that runs in SATA mode, which gives you a hell of a lot less performance.
3) You can easily run 1080 in SLI and still have enough left over for two x4 PCIe SSD.
 
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Mantas_2

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Aug 27, 2016
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Thank you very much for such a quick response. that's all i needed to know.
p.s. ..
the "tool" i mentioned is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzGSqsidL30 and after doing this 2 to 3 change my 3d mark 11 showed 9407 points and before it was 9634. So unless its a very cool virus that affects both gpuz and 3d mark - it seems it did something. there is a detailed description in this link how ant what tool does, but its too much for me to understand. supposedly technically 3930k almost meets version 3 requirements but not on paper.
 
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basroil

basroil

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Oct 19, 2013
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1) That shows a decrease, not increase, so much for your claim!
2) 3dmark isn't a very repeatable test, it's good for testing significant differences, but absolutely horrible for tiny ones (~3% here, well within margin of error)
 
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