# What is my best option for adding a second GPU?

> Source: <https://forum.level1techs.com/t/what-is-my-best-option-for-adding-a-second-gpu/254000#post_1>
> Published: 2026-08-17 17:30:00+00:00

Hi all, first post on L1 so apologies if it’s in the wrong subforum.

I have a mATX PC with a single 5060Ti, and I’d like to add a second one. My intended use is for local LLM inference with a single model split over two GPUs. I’ve been exploring as many options as I can but keep running into roadblocks.

Here are my limitations:

- Another GPU won’t fit in the case, nor into the second 16x slot of the motherboard.
- My mobo, Asus TUF-GAMING B550M Plus, only has a single PCI-E 4.0 16x slot, which doesn’t support 8x/8x bifurcation in the BIOS*. The second 16x slot is 3.0, on chipset lanes, and I’ve ruled that out for bandwidth/latency reasons with LLM model splitting.
- The mobo has a PCI-E 4.0 4x M.2 NVME slot on CPU lanes, but apparently the 5060ti doesn’t work well with m2 to pci-e extenders like ADT-Link’s K43SG because of … retiming issues? Given that the 5060ti is actually an 8x card with a 16x connector.
[[1]](https://egpu.io/forums/expresscard-mpcie-m-2-adapters/need-help-with-adt-link-k43sg-egpu-rtx-5060-ti-not-detected-on-m-2-gen-4-slot-works-on-gen-3/) [[2]](https://egpu.io/forums/wip-builds/k43sg-5060-ti-gmktec-nucbox-m5-plus-stuck-at-gen-3-0-x2-when-3-0-x4-is-possible/)
- Have a 550W Corsair PSU and Ryzen 5600X CPU at stock clocks/voltage. Happy to power-limit the GPU/s to 150W if that makes ‘em fit within the PSU’s operating capacity, or add a second PSU (eg Dell DA2).
- Trying to do this in a budget friendly way!

I’d love some advice on what my best options are. Buy a new mobo and case? Try to do something with Oculink instead? Consider a different GPU? Any other routes I haven’t considered?

Thanks everyone.

* The Asus manual says the PCI16X_1 slot “Support PCIe bifurcation for RAID on CPU function.” implying that you can run 4 m2 SSDs into the main 16x slot with a 4x/4x/4x/4x splitter card. I can’t tell if that would work with an M2 to PCI-E splitter of some kind.
