Hello!
I am running 2x 980 ti (Gigabyte Windforce G1) in SLI and INTEL 750 SSD on motherboard MSI x99A SLI PLUS, with CPU 5820K.
Currently, my GPUs are in two PCI-E slots above each other, which causes the top card to reach 83 degrees while the lower card only reaches 50-60. So in my opinion, it bottlenecks the performance, as the top card starts to underclock - or overclocks less, when I have 83 set as a target temperature in MSI Afterburner or OC GURU II.
The INTEL 750 SSD is running in PCI-E slot beneath the GPUs.
My question is, can I switch the lower GPU for the SSD? I had the PC built for me, so I am not certain if this setup was necessary, or if the person just felt like putting the two cards on top of each other.
The complete manual for the motherboard is availabel for download here:http://msi.com/support/mb/X99A-SLI-PLUS.html#down-manual
The two important pages are here: http://imgur.com/wp5gR50 http://imgur.com/JKux8KR
Basically they state, that on 28 lanes (5820K) the setup for 3-way is x8/x8/x8 on slots 1, 3 and 5.
Does it matter if I will do GPU / SSD / GPU or is the current GPU / GPU / SSD necessary?
I am running 2x 980 ti (Gigabyte Windforce G1) in SLI and INTEL 750 SSD on motherboard MSI x99A SLI PLUS, with CPU 5820K.
Currently, my GPUs are in two PCI-E slots above each other, which causes the top card to reach 83 degrees while the lower card only reaches 50-60. So in my opinion, it bottlenecks the performance, as the top card starts to underclock - or overclocks less, when I have 83 set as a target temperature in MSI Afterburner or OC GURU II.
The INTEL 750 SSD is running in PCI-E slot beneath the GPUs.
My question is, can I switch the lower GPU for the SSD? I had the PC built for me, so I am not certain if this setup was necessary, or if the person just felt like putting the two cards on top of each other.
The complete manual for the motherboard is availabel for download here:http://msi.com/support/mb/X99A-SLI-PLUS.html#down-manual
The two important pages are here: http://imgur.com/wp5gR50 http://imgur.com/JKux8KR
Basically they state, that on 28 lanes (5820K) the setup for 3-way is x8/x8/x8 on slots 1, 3 and 5.
Does it matter if I will do GPU / SSD / GPU or is the current GPU / GPU / SSD necessary?