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Query re PCI slots
I have an Asus P8Z77-V board and I want to add a four port 3.0USB card to supplement the originals.
Now in my pic the top slot (pic is 90 degrees to how it sits in the machine) for this card (yellow circle) is so sloppy fitting the machine will not pick it up as detected. So I want to swap stuff around and try the other slot (white circle).
Problem is the GTX 650 is in slot 2 and sits over the white one and I am thinking of using the bottom slot (1) for it which currently has the Xonar sound card in it. Fitting the Xonar card will give some clearance for the USB card to be fitted if the GPU gives enough clearance at the bottom slot (1).
My query is that they are different colours and although in the board specs it says they are
PCI Express 2.0/3.0 and I am not sure if this means that one is 2.0 and the other 3.0. So can someone tell me if I can fit the graphics card in that bottom slot (1) if I have enough clearance for stuff below it because I seem to remember trying against that slot before and it blotted out those other sockets below (blue circle).