Will TWO of these GTS graphic boards fit in my mobo?

c5guy

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I just bought an MSI P6N Diamond 680i motherboard and I want to run SLI with
two eVGA 8800GTS 512mb video cards.

Here's the video board link :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130312

It's a BIG video card which takes two slots due to the big cooling fan. The P6N has 4 PCI-e slots but I would need to put the SLI cards in the two white PCi-e slots.

Here's the mobo picture: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowI...ription=MSI+P6N+Diamond+ATX+Intel+Motherboard

Does anyone by chance have this same combination of Mobo and two BIG "dual slot" graphic cards (or similar ones) running in SLI mode?

Do the two BIG "dual slots" cards fit and work together on this mother board in the proper two "white" pci-e slots without hitting anything else on the mobo?

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

C5G
 

neisonator

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i would think that nvidia would have designed this board so you would have no trouble getting two even three dual slot graphics cards in your only issue is your SATA connectors are in the way do you get a long sli connector with your mobo you could put the second gts in the third pci-e slot and have access to 3 SATA connectors but then you couldnt use the bottom pci slot and depending on what hardware you might decide to put in the slot between the 2nd and 3rd pci-e slots it might hit the sli connector. the southbridge heatsink should be low enough to give you clearance.
 

michiganteddybear

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absolutely they will fit. even if you go with the top white and the top yellow, you will have room, tight, but there is an open slot between them 2 to give you the room you need for the big cooler.

as mentioned, nvidia designed the reference for the mobo, as well as the video card. you know the mobo (as long as it follows nvidia's guidelines) will hold the cards without issue.