3rd slot on my motherboard or 2nd which is faster?

Cglass

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If I plug both of my sli gpus into my motherboard and the 2nd one is plugged into the 3rd slot because my sli bridge can only do 3 slots space would it cause performance differences compared to plugging it into the 2nd slot ?
 
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This one?
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https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z270X-Gaming-K7-rev-10#kf

As you can read in specs - first PCIE x16 operates in x16 mode;
with second slot populated first and second operates in x8 mode;
third slot operates in x4 mode.

For SLI only fist and second PCIE x16 can be used. Third PCIE x16 slot doesn't support to be used in SLI configuration.

This one?
20161029184435_big.png

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z270X-Gaming-K7-rev-10#kf

As you can read in specs - first PCIE x16 operates in x16 mode;
with second slot populated first and second operates in x8 mode;
third slot operates in x4 mode.

For SLI only fist and second PCIE x16 can be used. Third PCIE x16 slot doesn't support to be used in SLI configuration.
 
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