Quote Originally Posted by burningrave101 View Post
Is there any performance difference at all from running your GPU in the second PCI-E 2.0 slot instead of the first since they're both x16? I only have a single XFX 5870 and the northbridge (IOH) seems to run cooler with the video card moved down further.
Performance should be the same. You can run a game benchmark with it in both positions to check.