Motherboard slot question

[ambam]

I have an MSI Big Bang X-Power and Two HD 5870's I want to put in CrossfireX.

This motherboard has Six PCI express slots. I would like to know exactly which slots are the PCIe 2.0 x16, and not x8 or x4.

If you put a high-end graphics card in a x8 or x4 slot, the bottleneck can slow it down quite substantially.

Out of these six slots, which are the x16 slots?

 

[Emperus]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130289

On the above link, click on the specification tab and scroll to the expansion slots info..

 

[ambam]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130289

On the above link, click on the specification tab and scroll to the expansion slots info..

Thanks!

Do I have this layout correct?

 

[Emperus]

Yes absolutely.. The pci express x1 slot is labelled number 1..

 

[ambam]

Yes absolutely.. The pci express x1 slot is labelled number 1..

Will the crossfire cable stretch between E2 and E5?

 

[Emperus]

Yes it'll.. The slot placements have been designed keeping that in mind..