Question Asus Rampage II Gene vs. 1070 Asus GPU

[BaronLewdWickVonJunz]

Hello and good evening anyone who is reading,
I have upgraded my pc form a rock to a potato
Installed a 1070 GPU inside a Asus Rampage II lost my secondary PCIe slot which housed my bunny ears (Wifi adapter card)
So I am curious if I have any options to housing my bunny ears once again.
I do have a free standard PCI slot.
I do believe I have some free open USB slots as well if that helps (on the motherboard)?
I am just getting into this so its a little overwhelming but any pointers or suggestions would be much appreciated.
I like the wifi adapters the go directly into the motherboard I have had the USB ones and they seem to not preform as well.

 

[stonecarver]

One way to use that PCI slot is get a PCI to PCI-E adaptor. Or I did see PCI WIFI cards as well.

Is the GTX 1070 so big it covers the bottom PCI -E slot.

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com...locphy=9031499&hvtargid=pla-563898565561&th=1

 

[COLGeek]

Hello and good evening anyone who is reading,
I have upgraded my pc form a rock to a potato
Installed a 1070 GPU inside a Asus Rampage II lost my secondary PCIe slot which housed my bunny ears (Wifi adapter card)
So I am curious if I have any options to housing my bunny ears once again.
I do have a free standard PCI slot.
I do believe I have some free open USB slots as well if that helps (on the motherboard)?
I am just getting into this so its a little overwhelming but any pointers or suggestions would be much appreciated.
I like the wifi adapters the go directly into the motherboard I have had the USB ones and they seem to not preform as well.

You should be able to install your current wireless adapter in the bottom most PCIe x16 slot. PCIe x16 slots can accommodate, x16. x8, x4, and x1 devices.

For more info, see here: https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/what-are-pcie-slots-pc

 

[BaronLewdWickVonJunz]

One way to use that PCI slot is get a PCI to PCI-E adaptor. Or I did see PCI WIFI cards as well.

Is the GTX 1070 so big it covers the bottom PCI -E slot.

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com...locphy=9031499&hvtargid=pla-563898565561&th=1

The GTX 1070 does cover up my 2nd PCIe slot, I do have a standard PCI 5V slot I was looking at the conversion adapters but a little unsure.

 

[BaronLewdWickVonJunz]

You should be able to install your current wireless adapter in the bottom most PCIe x16 slot. PCIe x16 slots can accommodate, x16. x8, x4, and x1 devices.

For more info, see here: https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/what-are-pcie-slots-pc

Thank you, I can the trouble is the GPU is now taking up both slots, so I am looking into maybe getting a PCIe extension. Lower the graphics card enough to free the top slot. The thing about that is it may have to go close to the bottom and I am hesitant because I prefer the GPU being able to breathe. Plus mounting it properly. Not sure how it will do just sitting in the back bracket.

 

[stonecarver]

https://www.asus.com/supportonly/rampage_ii_gene/helpdesk_manual/

Okay looking over your manual you do have PCI-E 2.0 x16 on both the PCI-E slots 1 and 2 on that board and yes the manual DOES say if using a single GPU to use the top slot for better performance. But

So two things can you post pictures with some good angles so we can take a look and second just for TESTING and maybe a solution if you see no hit by having the GPU in the bottom slot all you ports are now usable.