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Gainward Phantom GTX680 4Gb size??
- Thread starter Crezzlin
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It's 2.5 expansion slots wide.
Gainward GeForce® GTX 680 Phantom 4GB
It'll block you from putting anything else in the third slot is covers, like so:
Gainward GeForce® GTX 680 Phantom 4GB
It'll block you from putting anything else in the third slot is covers, like so:
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It's pretty big indeed, though if I remember correctly it's still possible to put a thin card in a PCI(-E) slot below it. I just got my a replacement motherboard back from OcUK since my first was faulty, I'll be finishing it off again today so will confirm the above for you, if nobody else does. 
They take up 3 lanes, so its every 4th lane, im going to sell my board to a mate and order this..
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-037-EA&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2174
Its the only x79 board i can find that will do it, will just need to move my psu to the top so the card can hang etc..
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-037-EA&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2174
Its the only x79 board i can find that will do it, will just need to move my psu to the top so the card can hang etc..
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Sorry to answer your Q. I was thinking put the 2.5 lane card in top slot then the 3 lane cards in the 2nd pcie and the last, this would be in my current board
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I'm also not sure you're a lot better off with the EVGA X79 Classified.
The cards would only fit as shown in the image below (and I'm assuming triple SLI will work with the cards in those slots).
You need a rather large case for the XL-ATX motherboard and, by my reckoning, the case would have to have 10 expansion slots on the rear plus a fair bit of room below the bottom edge of the motherboard to accommodate the overhanging graphics card.
The cards would only fit as shown in the image below (and I'm assuming triple SLI will work with the cards in those slots).
You need a rather large case for the XL-ATX motherboard and, by my reckoning, the case would have to have 10 expansion slots on the rear plus a fair bit of room below the bottom edge of the motherboard to accommodate the overhanging graphics card.
TBH if you have enough money for three of these and an X79 mobo and CPU, you may aswell just watercool them as that means they only take one or two slots each!
Saves yourself a lot of headache as should be a lot quieter and cooler.
Saves yourself a lot of headache as should be a lot quieter and cooler.
You need to check the EVGA X79 Classified is supplied with an SLI connector that works with the three slots I indicated above.
It'll be difficult to use the connectors along the bottom edge of the motherboard with the third graphics card covering them.
It'll be difficult to use the connectors along the bottom edge of the motherboard with the third graphics card covering them.
I like the pics Surveyor
The EVGA board Pci-e slots are all gen3 unlike some other boards, i.e. MSI bigbang..
As for the last slot I’ve done this before with Trifire and had to block the final connectors off apart from making some small plugs to fit power and reset.
How do you setup Tri sli, i have 2 very long Sli connectors the flexible type, will they do or do you need a 3rd one?? Thanks
Just for ref, I used the hard Sli Bridge that connects to all 4 sockets and my 3D mark score is 800points higher than on a single flexible connector.
The EVGA board Pci-e slots are all gen3 unlike some other boards, i.e. MSI bigbang..
As for the last slot I’ve done this before with Trifire and had to block the final connectors off apart from making some small plugs to fit power and reset.
How do you setup Tri sli, i have 2 very long Sli connectors the flexible type, will they do or do you need a 3rd one?? Thanks
Just for ref, I used the hard Sli Bridge that connects to all 4 sockets and my 3D mark score is 800points higher than on a single flexible connector.
I don't think you need a new board as it looks like you have the same mobo as me(rampage iv extreme),I've considered a 3rd card and if you look on pg 2-10 of the user guide it shows you tri sli with 3 slot cards.Hopefully i've not misread and this helps
I don't think you need a new board as it looks like you have the same mobo as me(rampage iv extreme),I've considered a 3rd card and if you look on pg 2-10 of the user guide it shows you tri sli with 3 slot cards.Hopefully i've not misread and this helps
Thanks, yeah the Asus will do everything but fit 3 large 3 lane pci-e cards in.. Thanks