PCIe ports. can I put my gpu further from my cpu

[JoshuaM]

My rig :
Gigabyte x99-ud4
i7 5820k
asus GtX 980 ti
cooler master hyper 212 fan

I think thats all thats relavent to my questions.

Can i put my video card into another pcie port. Currently its hugging the heatsink for my cpu, theres a small gap between but i find my videocard / cpu run rather warm.

link to the product page for my mobo.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5123#ov

from left to right the order for placing video cards if you were to add more in sli is:
4 2 3 1 (cpu) (assuming orientation in the first picture @ the link)

Currently my video card is in slot 1(4th in from the left), which is recommended. Can I place it into slot #2 (2nd in from the left) will there be any negative impact on performance if I do this? Also would I notice an improvement in cooling if i did this?

screen shot of open hardware monitor
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I multibox video games as a hobby.
ss1 is with 10 applications with client rendering disabled and roughly 150x150 window
ss2 is with 10 applications with client redering disabled and full screen 1080p.
If i was to enable rendering on all clients my video card would run 84-86c and if it was a warm summer day my cpu would reach over 60c (not OC)

 

[getochkn]

2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIE_1, PCIE_2)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIE_1 slot; if you are installing two PCI Express graphics cards, it is recommended that you install them in the PCIE_1 and PCIE_2 slots.

2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIE_3, PCIE_4)
* The PCIE_4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIE_1 slot. When the PCIE_4 slot is populated, the PCIE_1 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.
* When an i7-5820K CPU is installed, the PCIE_2 slot operates at up to x8 mode and the PCIE_3 operates at up to x4 mode.
(All PCI Express x16 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)


Well 2 of the slots are only going to give you 8x isntead of 16x. not a huge deal, but it says it should be in the first slot with only 1 card when dealing with slots 1 nad 2. Whether this is a hard limit, a suggestion or has to be done, I don't know. Can try.

 

[Sakata]

Your graphics card is going to be hot under load, and with you fans at less then 50% it will be even more so, I would suggest higher fan speeds and more case fans if needed. Although as long as the PCIe port is x16 you should see absolutely no difference in performance. Although you could also look at water cooling you GPU with an AIO system and a bracket for it.

 

[viometrix]

many motherboards wont let you put a single card in slot 2, youll get a bios error and no boot

 

[JoshuaM]

thanks for the responses.

viometrix, i was wondering if that would be the case. I was just going to to try it, then I decided to crank my fan speeds like sakata suggested.

I downloaded the asus gpu tweak software, manually put my fan up. I also went into my bios and just turned my cpu fan on full speed. She's a little louder now, but its worth being able to squeeze more performance out of her at low temps. I guess i had more faith in the stock/auto settings then i should have.

under the circumstances of screen shot 1. cpu temp 48c~ gpu 45c~