ASUS Maximus V EXTREME LGA & SLI Setup

[infinityward]

I currently own a ASUS Maximus V EXTREME LGA 1155 Intel Z77 motherboard & have a EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 video card, i would like to add another GeForce GTX 680 to the board but i'm not sure what PCI Express slot to use. Obviously the video card i have now is in the first PCIE_X16/X8_1 slot, there is also a second PCIE_X16_2A slot right below it & third PCIE_X8_2B right under that, there are two other slots titles PCIE_X8_3 & PCIE_X8_4 making five slots in total. SO if anybody has any experience running a SLI setup? i would appreciate some input. Thanks in advance

[Chino]

Welcome to the ROG forums, infinityward.

The optimal slots to use for a 2 way SLI configuration are the first and third slots.

[infinityward]

Thanks for the quick reply 🙂 i kinda thought so as well but wasn't sure. you would think that it should go in the second PCIE_X16_2A slot right below it, it would fit ok but there wouldn't be any space between; for ventilation between the two video cards

[Chino]

That's the exact reason why it was designed that way. To leave some clearance space for ventilation between the two graphics card.