PCIe 4.0

I'm doing a new PC build, and I went with two m.2 SSDs. Both 1TB, one is PCIe gen4 and the other is PCIe gen 3. When the gen 4 ssd is in the gen 4 slot, and gen 3 ssd is in the gen 3 slot, the motherboard doesn't seem to recognize both. However, if I switch the two, they both show up in the...

I just bought a b450 motherboard since I didn't really want to pay more for a b550 or x570 board. I am wondering if the next RTX series will need PCIE 4.0. From my research it looks like it probably won't and also I would only get something like an rtx 3070 or 3060 super.

After watching Sony and Epic's PS5 Unreal 5 Tech Demo, me gots some questions. (this is the demo I am referencing https://www.tomshardware.com/news/playastation-5-demo-unreal-engine-5) My poor ol rig has been chugging along gracefully with its i7 3770K, 770 2GB, 8 GB DDR3 and 1 TB HDD, but...

I have a pretty oddball build I'm working on, and I've run into a bit of an odd conundrum. Ryzen 3900x Aorus Master x570 GTX 1080-TI 32GB TridentZ Neo DDR4-3600 With the 2 remaining PCI slots, I'd like to install some capture cards. The cards I would like to use are Blackmagic Decklink Quad...

Hello guys. I am interested in buying an RX 5700 XT card, but I have a question about the compatibility with my current motherboard. I have a GIGABYTE GA-990fxa-UD3 R5. Is it compatible with the RX 5700 card? My CPU is the AMD FX-8370 and my PSU is 750w I'm more worried about the PCIe 4.0...

So I've been using my desktop and every now and then I get a BSOD with the "System Service Exception" error code. Upon restarting, I'm taken to the BIOS and my boot drive isn't read. Normally my solution is to power down the system, flick the power supply to "off", hit the power button (so...

Simple enough, I'm looking into getting the Ryzen 9 3900x as well as get my first internal PCIe SSD. I'm trying to make the most out of it. Looking at my motherboard options, it's recommended to get a X570, now I have to choose which one. One paired with the Ryzen on Amazon is ~284 usd in the...

Hi tom'sHARDWARE, I use my PC for Gaming and Accounting purpose. my current PC configuration is as follows. Processor - i5 3rd gen 3550, mother board- P8-Z77-VLX ram - corsair vengeance DDR3 2X8GB...

If two similar (high end) PCIe 3.0 video cards, one running in a PCIe 3.0 x8 slot and the other running in a PCIe 4.0 x4 slot, will there be any performance difference between them? Theoretically both slots will give the same speed. But will the PCIe 3.0 card utilize the full potential of PCIe...

I have a question about PCIe lanes speeds with regard to backward compatibility. I want to build a X570 Ryzen PC but the motherboard I choose (Asus Rog X570-i) will likely share the GPU with the back ssd port. My question is as follows, when I install an nvme ssd and a GPU will the speed remain...

Need some help/suggestions. I need to upgrade 2 desktops. I am planning buying 4 memory modules (2 for each - any suggestion welcomed), two Ryzen 3600 CPUs and two motherboards. The rest will be moved from the old desktops. Ideally for the motherboards I wouldnt like to spend more than 100€...

I've put together a few computers over the years but always had everything before I started installing. I have everything now for a new build except the PSU. I also have all the cables for the PSU. (from a lower wattage PSU) same brand. I planned on connecting all the power cables and hanging...

I have just recently gotten a Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 to replace my Hyper TX3 used on a QX9650 @ 4.0GHz 1.31Vcore. My old temps with the TX3 were 75C Benchmarking/65C Load/ 45C Idle and now with the Freezer 13 its 99C Benchmarking/87C Load/ 50C Idle. I reseated the heatsink 6 times and...