pcie x4

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  1. C

    Question Upgrading SSD in Asus Vivobook s510un

    As in title i want to upgrade SSD storage in my Asus Vivobook s510un. I have ssd connected to M2 2280 port which operates in SATA III. I read i documentation that my slots are: 2x DDR4 SO-DIMM slots 1x M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0x2 1x M.2 2280 SATA3 1x STD 2.5” SATA HDD I assume that bold ones refer to...
  2. sart

    Question Which PCI_E put the graphics cards? MSI MAG Z690 TORPEDO

    Processor: i5 12600kf Graphics Cards: RTX 3090 and RTX 3050 I have the MAG Z690 TORPEDO motherboard. This board has 3x PCIe x16 slots, as follows: PCI_E1 (From CPU) Supports up to PCIe 5.0 x16 PCI_E3 (From Z690 chipset) Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 PCI_E4 (From Z690 chipset) Supports up to...
  3. M

    [SOLVED] Need help with buying an NVME M2 SSD card for the first time ( My motherboard only supports PCIe 3.0 x2 and not x4)

    So My motherboard is : https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B360-HD3-rev-10#kf It doesn't have an PCIe x4 slot available for an m2 ssd . I tried finding an adaptor and came to this : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JJTVGZM/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza Will a m2 nvme SSD benefit from this adaptor...
  4. L

    [SOLVED] M.2 NVME running at 1 lane instead of 4

    I purchased a 1TB M.2 NVMe drive and an adapter to install the drive into a open PCIx4 slot on my mother board. I cannot for the life of me to get the drive to run a x4, as it currently runs at x1. I updated my bios driver and went bios settings and there is no option to change PCIe...
  5. Dow Johnes

    [SOLVED] NVMes' stuck at PCIe 3.0 x1 after RAID0

    Hi everyone! Straight to the point: I've bought 2 Samsung Evo Plus NVMes, plugged them into the DIMM 2 slot, and made RAID 0 in Asus ROG apex Maximus 12 from them. (Please, don't ask me why the hell I did that; my regrets are endless). So what did exactly happen? Before all that, one Samsung...
  6. Muhammad Jahid

    [SOLVED] Does pcie 3.0 x2 m.2 nvme ssd support in pcie 3.0 x4 slot?

    If I put a pcie 3.0 x2 m.2 nvme ssd in pcie 3.0 x4 slot, then will it support? If yes,then whats the difference between speed?
  7. jsl289

    [SOLVED] NVMe SSD Stuck in PCIe 2.0 x1

    I've never set one of these up before so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong here. I just purchased a Samsung 970 SSD that supports NVMe. I placed it in the 3rd PCIe x16 Slot on my motherboard with ASUS's own M.2 x4 PCIe Adapter. I've installed the Samsung NVMe driver for the SSD and...
  8. D

    [SOLVED] GTX 1080Ti in PCIe x4 (gen 4) vs. -PCIe x8 performance

    Purchased a x570 motherboard (ASUS TUF GAMING x570-PLUS WiFi) that has PCIe x16 (Gen 4) on the top slot and PCIe x4 (Gen 4) (with physical space for x16) on the southbridge slot. Considering getting an additional GPU in the future and moving the 1080Ti down to the southbridge PCIe slot. It is...
  9. Supreme93

    [SOLVED] Running M.2 NVMe on an older motherboard with an adapter?

    Hi everyone, I wanted to add some extra storage to my pc and remembered seeing videos about being able to install M.2 drives into motherboards that didn't have an M.2 slot via a PCIe adapter. After doing some research I found out that I possibly won't get the maximum read and write speeds...
  10. C

    Question Can't Use PCIeX4 slot on Gigabyte X470 Gaming Ultra

    I have the Gigabyte Auros X470 Ultra Gaming. I am getting some serious coil whine in my headphones from my Radeon RX 580 8g Red Devil video card in the PCIeX16 slot. I currently have my Soundblaster Audiology card in the topmost X2 slot, but this is right above the primary video card slot. I...
  11. 0noobishguy101

    Question pcie x4

    Lol what would it be like to run a gtx 1070/1660ti/vega 56 in pcie x4 mode vs x16 (And ofc i mean gen 3.0 btw)
  12. varis

    Upcoming Vega vs GTX 10/20 (Volta) upgrade 2017

    I'm in the market for a new GPU within approximately the next 10 hours to 6 months. Which is the most rational strategy? GTX 1070 level performance is attractive; pricing is not. Vega is supposedly just a few weeks off, expected to beat GTX 1080 performance level. Available strategies to the...