I have a GA-X58-UD3R rev 2.0 motherboard. I note that the user guide for this board suggests that if you have only one graphics card, it should go in the first PCIe x16 slot. Can anyone please confirm the reason for this? Would there be any reason not to put the card in the second PCIe x16 slot?
I'd prefer to use the second PCIe x16 slot for my graphics card if it's possible, because this would make for a more efficient use of my PCIe slots, since the graphics card obscures the next two slots below where it is installed, and putting it in the second PCIe slot therefore means it will obscure the PCI slot and the lowest PCIe x8 slot, leaving two PCIe slots free above it. But, if I put the graphics card in the top PCIe x16 slot, it obscures all other PCIe slots bar the very bottom one.
Many thanks,
Gary