PCIe 16x

I know that if you're using just 1 video card,you're supposed to be using x16 , but in my case, I'm using Gigabyte B250M Gaming 5 and the SATA port 1 and 2 are interfering with the videocard that is more than 220mm in length. so I'm wondering if it's a big deal to use the PCIEx4 instead for GTX...

I've been doing some research to get a Egpu so I can have a powerful laptop with good battery life and still be able to come home plug it in an use my HTC vive. I've been doping some browsing and I can only find pre-built enclosures for thunderbolt 3. I have seen you can use mini PCI if you just...

I'm just recently bought a pcie wifi card from ASUS (asus pce-ac68) and I'm trying to use it with an Asrock b250m-hdv while the 16x slot is occupied by a GPU (GTX 1050). When the GPU was installed, the wifi card wouldn't appear anywhere in device manager or settings while it was in the x1 slot...

Okay, so I have a Gigabyte Z370M D3H motherboard. I was reading its specs here about the Expansion Slots, and I can't understand most of it. What's " x16 ". I have measured it's size which is 8cm. But what's the meaning of 1x PCI-E 3.0 x16 @ x16 1x PCI-E 3.0 x16 @ x4 2x PCI-E 3.0 x1 @ x1 I...

Hello! I just bought an used Asus B85M-E Motherboard. I assembled my PC and tried running it. But i was facing NO POST ISSUE! So i tried removing my GPU from first PCIEx16 slot and placed it on second PCIEx16 slot and PC went fine! Before this all, i also faced NO POST ISSUE when my single stick...

I'm doing a new computer build. Got everything put together and tried to start for the first time. Got one short beep from the sys speaker indicating everything was fine, but had no signal on my monitor. Then I unplugged the GPU and plugged the HDMI directly into the motherboard, and the...