FYI for anyone else doing this type of build ... moving my GPU to PCIEX16_2 slot (because it no longer fits in PCIEX16_1 due to a poorly place motherboard display unit) means my water cooled front/rear 4090 GPU will only be able to run X8 and not X16...

I've started with using the PBO Curve Optimizer and it's been working very well (Vapor chiller sub ambient cooling), during CineBench R23, TimeSpy, and Prime95 most of the cores are running at 5.950Ghz and 5 cores between 5.5Ghz and 5.9Ghz. Temps, s...

I have an ASUS 4090 TUF OC edition that comes with the power adapter (4 X 8-pin lines connected to my EVGA 1600W T2 PSU). I don't see how the PD12V_PWR cable is relevant? Manual says:"To support 60W, please install the power cable to the 6 pin PCI...

I don't understand the purpose of the 3 Alteration Mode switches? Why would I not always want Auto? Which I assume detects the correct Gen version for the GPU?In addition, why would I not want V-Latch always enabled to have logging of True highest ...

My plan was to put my 4090 in PCIEX16_1 to run X16.But the manual seems to suggest if I install an M.2_1 or M.2_2 or Gen-Z.2 I'll but stuck with PCIEX16_1 at 8X and my M.2's at 4X?Puzzled at what configuration I should be using ... should I put my tw...