Can I use all the features my motherboard gives me?

[jake.borg.2611]

My motherboard specifications has certain features in each category, for example, in the graphics section, it says:

AMD Ryzen™ 2nd Generation/ Ryzen™ 1st Generation Processors
1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 mode)
AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processor
1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x8 mode)
AMD Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Processors
1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (max at x4 mode)
AMD B350 chipset
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1

I am confused because I'm not sure if I can use all of them or some of them. Could someone explain this to me?

 

[MLG_No_Scope]

you can use all of them, but not all of them at the same time,

you cannot use a Ryzen 1st / 2nd generation cpu while using a AMD Athlon cpu as example.

look up the specification if an feature will disable if the others gets enabled.

 

[jake.borg.2611]

you can use all of them, but not all of them at the same time,

you cannot use a Ryzen 1st / 2nd generation cpu while using a AMD Athlon cpu as example.

look up the specification if an feature will disable if the others gets enabled.

so it depends on the cpu?

 

[MLG_No_Scope]

i only made an example like you cannot use 2 cpu at the same time, but the motherboard supports both

like you cannot install 2 cpu's in 1 socket

and it depends on the motherboard.

 

[Eximo]

There are many restrictions, but the simplest:

1) Only a single CPU can be installed.
2) The CPU has a set number of PCIe lanes, this varies from model to model (Those with graphics use 8x lanes internally)
3) The CPU provides PCIe lanes to the x16 slots typically. (These slots don't always get 16x lanes, but you can plug in any length of card)
4) The chipset also provides PCIe lanes to other devices, such as Audio, Network, SATA, M.2 ports, etc

There are practical limits, using all of those things at once is not possible. The chipset has a fixed bandwidth to the CPU but all the services can more or less share it. So enabling/using everything can limit what PCIe lanes are available to the various slots. Using M.2 usually will disable some SATA ports.

There are maximum memory limits, but that is board dependent and relatively straightforward.