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pcie 3

Forum discussion tagged with pcie 3.
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    Question NVME card: will a PCIe Gen3x4 card work in a Gen3x2 slot?

    I have a Lenovo Ideapad 530S-15IKB laptop which contains a Western Digital PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G NVME drive. This drive has the following specs: 256GB M.2 2242 S3-B-M Interface PCIe Gen3 x2 NVMe v1.3 I would like to replace my NVME with a 480GB to 512GB drive. I have my eye on an open box...
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    Question Is this Crypto Riser compatible with my 3090 GPU?

    I have an MSI 3090 Trio that I'm looking to use with this powered crypto mining riser. Is this compatible? If not, what is a good fit for my GPU? Thanks Amazon.com: Ubit 6 Pack Latest PCI-E Riser Express Cable 16X to 1X (6pin / MOLEX/SATA) with Led Graphics Extension Ethereum ETH Mining Powered...
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    [SOLVED] READ speed 2400MB/s but WRITE < 500MB/s why?

    My Laptop's Model => Dell 5577 Gaming CPU = i7-7700HQ GPU = GTX 1050m Motherboard info (ss from HWiNFO64): https://ibb.co/cgcVgr5 SSD Info : https://ibb.co/zr4fNFj Yesterday I bought WD's SN550 500GB SSD which has read speed upto 2400MB/s and write speed upto 1900MB/s. But the read speed is...
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    [SOLVED] 3070 on PCI-E 3 4x?

    Hello, I am considering getting the new 3070 gpu but i have a PCI-E 3 4x motherboard, this one:https://www.gigabyte.com/au/Motherboard/Z390-GAMING-SLI-rev-10#kf and i was wondering with it be compatible? i heard it will be compatible with pcie 3 but will I lose perfomance and will it work on 4x...
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    [SOLVED] Founders edition 2060 super? HELP

    Hello. I am building PC first time. I can get a 2060 super but do not know which to get. Should I get the founders edition or a third party such as the Gigabyte gaming oc 3x? Help please
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    [SOLVED] Ugrade M.2 SATA to M.2 PCIe NVMe

    I am confused about M2 SSD upgrade options for my Toshiba Satellite P50 C 18k laptop. The existing drive is a Toshiba 256Gb M2 SATA SSD. I know that I can upgrade to a larger M2 SATA drive but the laptop spec indicates that PCIe is supported. I like the look of the Toshiba RC500 SSD but is it...