I am going to have my old GTX 780 in my first PCIe slot, and my GTX 1080 in my third PCIe slot, so that I can still boot to my Mac OS X hackintosh drive with my GTX 780. It needs to be in the first slot to do this apparently, so I was going to have my GTX 1080 in the third slot (not second to preserve thermals) and I'll disable the GTX 780 in Windows when I'm going to game. All 4 of my PCIe slots are 16x btw, I have an Asus Rampage IV extreme black edition
My question is, while I am in Mac OS and my GTX 1080 is powered but not being used, is there a risk of damaging it this way? I could also physically switch off individual PCIe slots on the MB. Would it be less risky and easier on the GTX 1080 to unplug it from power every time I boot into Mac OS with the 780? I just don't want to damage my new baby
My question is, while I am in Mac OS and my GTX 1080 is powered but not being used, is there a risk of damaging it this way? I could also physically switch off individual PCIe slots on the MB. Would it be less risky and easier on the GTX 1080 to unplug it from power every time I boot into Mac OS with the 780? I just don't want to damage my new baby
