re: problem is im not sure if the motherboard can handle both
Not sure what you mean by that. Motherboards do not care about bigger power supply, the additional power is on PCI connectors to power graphics cards. I had Aurora R4, older model to yours, running two GTX 970, which are more power hungry than the 1070 so I do not foresee any problem.
I have a Dell Alienware R5 (i5 6400, 16gb DRR3, GTX 970). I bought a Corsair Semi-Modular 750W power supply and a EVGA GTX 970. I attached a MSI SLI connector. It shows both in my task manager, but gives me a warning in Nvidia Control Panel. Any ideas? Need a new SLI connector? @mp_108
Is it telling you to connect the cards with a sli connector and showing sli disabled?
This was a common issue. The 970s had issues connecting different brand cards in sli, so the evga may just not be compatible with your existing oem card. The 10 series cards didn't have this problem.
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December 9th, 2018 12:00
re: problem is im not sure if the motherboard can handle both
Not sure what you mean by that. Motherboards do not care about bigger power supply, the additional power is on PCI connectors to power graphics cards. I had Aurora R4, older model to yours, running two GTX 970, which are more power hungry than the 1070 so I do not foresee any problem.
Tenkei
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December 4th, 2018 10:00
Yes i have 850w power supply... problem is im not sure if the motherboard can handle both
mp_108
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December 4th, 2018 10:00
What set up? You may need the 850 w power supply depending on the gpu you intend to use.
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I have a Dell Alienware R5 (i5 6400, 16gb DRR3, GTX 970). I bought a Corsair Semi-Modular 750W power supply and a EVGA GTX 970. I attached a MSI SLI connector. It shows both in my task manager, but gives me a warning in Nvidia Control Panel. Any ideas? Need a new SLI connector? @mp_108
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Is it telling you to connect the cards with a sli connector and showing sli disabled?
This was a common issue. The 970s had issues connecting different brand cards in sli, so the evga may just not be compatible with your existing oem card. The 10 series cards didn't have this problem.