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Maximus VI Formula SLI Setup w/ PCIe x8 SSD?

eddie1537
Level 7
Hey guys, I'm currently running a Maximus VI Formula with two GTX 770 in SLI and I was thinking of adding a PCIe SSD that runs at x8 to my rig. Will I be able to do this though? I believe the formula runs at x8/x4/x4 when the third slot is populated and SLI drops out if running at that speed. I just want to make sure whether it does do this or not. Thanks
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Praz
Level 13
You are correct. If all 3 PCIe x16 slots are populated the available lanes will be x8/x4/x4.

HiVizMan
Level 40
The PCIeSSD will work, and you will still have SLi vga.
To help us help you - please provide as much information about your system and the problem as possible.

SLI won't work because NVidia doesn't support it at PCIe x4 like AMD does. Basically on the Formula if you are using Nvidia SLI the third x16 PCIe slot has to stay empty.