[SOLVED] Is PCIe 5.0 backwards compatible with PCIe 3.0?

[Soulhunter90]

Silly question. I am about to update to a 12th gen. system, and I already have a RTX2070 with PCIe 3.0. Motherboard would be a Z690 ROG Strix -f. Is PCIe 5.0 backwards compatible with 3.0? Will the motherboard adjust bus speeds automatically?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Eximo]

Yes

I should add that you occasionally will have to set the PCIe speed manually, but generally not.

 

[Soulhunter90]

Yes

I should add that you occasionally will have to set the PCIe speed manually, but generally not.

Thanks. That's significant, since I'm planning on a 12700KF, so I won't have video to configure anything.

 

[Eximo]

Thanks. That's significant, since I'm planning on a 12700KF, so I won't have video to configure anything.

The other slots are PCIe 4.0, so there is that too.