AB350M Pro4 can I put two Nvidia cards in?

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   Hi.

I'm looking to do some mining with two Nvidia cards.  At the moment I have a MATX case with a AB350M mobo inside.  If I replace this board with the AB350M Pro4 would it accept two Nvidia cards for mining?

Cheers.

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Spooky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04 Sep 2017 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 14	Post Options Post Reply Quote Spooky Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: AB350M Pro4 can I put two Nvidia cards in? Posted: 14 Jan 2018 at 6:30pm
	Hi. I'm looking to do some mining with two Nvidia cards. At the moment I have a MATX case with a AB350M mobo inside. If I replace this board with the AB350M Pro4 would it accept two Nvidia cards for mining? Cheers.

zlobster Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 02 Sep 2017 Status: Offline Points: 403	Post Options Post Reply Quote zlobster Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 Jan 2018 at 8:38pm
	In theory it should work. Bear in mind that the second PCIe slot is PCIe2.0x16 (https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/AB350M%20Pro4/index.asp#Specification) Since mining doesn't require SLI I think you should be fine.
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Spooky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04 Sep 2017 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 14	Post Options Post Reply Quote Spooky Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 Jan 2018 at 9:07pm
	Good spot there mate about the PCIe 2.0 slot. I've since read that PCIe 2.0 should be no bother for mining. As long as they can both be recognised then I might roll with this board. Edited by Spooky - 14 Jan 2018 at 9:07pm

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	Yes, mining is not that heavy on PCIe bandwidth. As you said, as long as Win/Lin picks the cards, you should be fine.
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Spooky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04 Sep 2017 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 14	Post Options Post Reply Quote Spooky Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jan 2018 at 12:27am
	I've just thought I will be using this PC for day to day use and a bit of gaming. If I use the 2nd slot will it slow down the main x16 pci slot?

zlobster Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 02 Sep 2017 Status: Offline Points: 403	Post Options Post Reply Quote zlobster Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jan 2018 at 12:50am
	Yeah, mining with just 2 cards seems a bit... odd. Both PCIe slots should run at their max respective speeds. Keep one thing in mind - this mobo is advertised as CrossFire ready. Nothing is mentioned about SLI. I'm not much of nvidia fan, so IDK if SLI requires similar PCIe slot speeds to work or not.
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