This is why you need to connect your gpu to the top PCIE slot

GPU card blocking PCI Express slot gpu blocking pcie slot Pcie x1 slot blocked by my gpu, considering using the pcie x16 slot for my wifi card gpu expansion slot Poor component placement impacting GPU is somewhat common On a lot of ROG boards, putting anything in the last PCIe slot or even next to last slot will block a

gpu with nvme slot The issue is that if I install the 1080 Ti on the x16 PCI lane where my current GPU is, then the only option for the GT710 is 3 slots lower (x8