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Okay. So you have a total of 6 PCIe slots. Generally the first large slot under your CPU is the sweet spot for your GPU. (If you need to change this it can usually be configured in your BIOS.) The little black slot above the first red slot is probably blocked but it would only be good for a USB card, or a sound card, or something that doesn't use a whole lot of bandwidth anyway. The three red slots should allow you up to 16X PCIe lanes depending on what your CPU can handle. Technically, you do have 4x but it's built into those red slots, which are made to deliver 4x, 8x, or 16x. So one of those red slots should work fine for an HBA card. The card will only use what it needs. I'm assuming you have your UEFI (BIOS) set to auto detect. That very bottom red slot should work just fine for an HBA card. Please let me know if this helps.The Maximus VI Formula doesn't do 4x
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From the top;
1st (Above GPU) Blocked by CPU fan
2nd To close to GPU fan (which I just discovered I may have an issue with as they aren’t spinning)
3rd WiFi/Bluetooth.
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I could always spend $200 on a 2nd hand Maximus VI and hope the mPCIe combo is still intact and place it on my board.
Also you don't need to do anything drastic like buying another system board. Is there a physical problem with your system board? That would be the only reason to replace it. BTW that's a mighty fine looking board you have. I nearly bought one of those myself back in the day, but couldn't justify it as I'm not much of a gamer. Mind, my X99 board is registered with ROG as it is also popular among gamers and some of those boys take their system boards very seriously. Lots of good advice in those forums.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- WIN 11, WIN 10, WIN 8.1, WIN 7 U, WIN 7 PRO, WIN 7 HOME (32 Bit), LINUX MINT
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- DIY, ASUS, and DELL
- CPU
- Intel i7 6900K (octocore) / AMD 3800X (8 core)
- Motherboard
- ASUS X99E-WS USB 3.1
- Memory
- 128 GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM (B DIE)
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA 1070
- Sound Card
- Crystal Sound (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- single Samsung 30" 4K and 8" aux monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 4K and something equally attrocious
- Hard Drives
- A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W
Ports X, Y, and Z are reserved for USB access and removable drives.
Drive types consist of the following: Various mechanical hard drives bearing the brand names, Seagate, Toshiba, and Western Digital. Various NVMe drives bearing the brand names Kingston, Intel, Silicon Power, Crucial, Western Digital, and Team Group. Various SATA SSDs bearing various different brand names.
RAID arrays included:
LSI RAID 10 (WD Velociraptors) 1115.72 GB
LSI RAID 10 (WD SSDS) 463.80 GB
INTEL RAID 0 (KINGSTON HYPER X) System 447.14 GB
INTEL RAID 1 TOSHIBA ENTERPRIZE class Data 2794.52 GB
INTEL RAID 1 SEAGATE HYBRID 931.51 GB
- PSU
- SEVERAL. I prefer my Corsair Platinum HX1000i but I also like EVGA power supplies
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (among others)
- Cooling
- Noctua is my favorite and I use it in my main. I also own various other coolers. Not a fan of liquid cooling.
- Keyboard
- all kinds.
- Mouse
- all kinds
- Internet Speed
- 360 mbps - 1 gbps (depending)
- Browser
- FIREFOX
- Antivirus
- KASPERSKY (no apologies)
- Other Info
- I own too many laptops: A Dell touch screen with Windows 11 and 6 others (not counting the other four laptops I bought for this household.) Being a PC builder I own many desktop PCs as well. I am a father of five providing PCs, laptops, and tablets for all my family, most of which I have modified, rebuilt, or simply built from scratch. I do not own a cell phone, never have, never will.