PCIe x16 Gen3

PCIe x16 Gen3 pcle x16 slot A x8 card will work in an x1 slot, but will be limited to x1 speeds A x8 card will also work fine in a x4 slot It will be limited to x4 speeds pcle x1 slot Slot power ; x1 cards are limited to A at +12 V and 10 W combined ; x4 and wider cards are limited to A at +12 V and 25 W combined ; A full-

pcle x1 slot By you sticking a UAD-2 card into the second slot, the motherboard detects this and automatically throttles the first slot down to 8x assuming you have stuck in

pcle x16 slot PCI Express slot to the chipset is called a lane , and each lane is capable of transferring as much as 250 MBps in one direction The primary dif- ference PCIe boards can fit into slots designed for their lane configuration or higher Plugging a x4 PCIe into a x16 slot is acceptable