The original post: /r/buildapc by /u/cubonelvl69 on 2024-10-13 14:52:29.

When I built my PC I purposely put my GPU in one of the slots further away from my CPU thinking it would help with airflow. Turns out the PCIe slot next to the CPU (at least on my motherboard) runs 16x faster than the others. Struggled with fps issues for ~6 months before realizing.

Tldr, read the fucking manual