Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 - GTX 590 SLI

[YTC]

Does the Z68X-UD7-B3 board supports GTX 590 SLI (i.e two GTX 590 cards ? It seems that it has two PCI-x16 slots separated by a PCI-x8 slot which provides a tiny space for cooling. Has tried two gtx 590 cards on this board yet?

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte forum.

Yes it should support two 590s in SLI as long as your power supply and case cooling are up to it.

[YTC]

Thanks for your reply. Do you know the minimum power supply wattage to run GTX 590 in SLI mode? I currently have a power supply unit churning out 1100w. Would that be sufficient? From google search, it seems that psu at 1200w and above is recomnended.  My processor is i7-2600k overclocked to 4.4ghz.

[Dark Mantis]

I would think that 1100W would be sufficient as long as it is a good make and not too old.

[mpetroul]

Hello,

I am not exactly sure of the 590's, but I have 2X AMD 6950's from MSI in crossfire on my Z68-UD7. There is not very much room between the two PCI slots that will accept and run at the X16 spec, but if you have a good case with good air flow and most importantly what I found is using the fan schema in software to bump the fan speeds up as the temp rises helps a great deal. I use MSI afterburner, it has a fan control tab where you can  essentially create a temp vs speed curve that fits your preferences.

Happy computing, and if I can be of any assistance, let me know!

Thanks,
Mike