The question is 2-fold:
First, I would like to understand what PCIe x4 actually means and also what type of PCIe is it? like 2.0 or 3.0? I couldn't find a straight answer.
Secondly, the question specific to me is that I got this AsRock Z97 Pro 3 motherboard: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97 Pro3/index.asp
I don't quite understand which of the PCIe slots are which and to which one of them I can connect an SSD with PCIe x4 (either NVME or M.2), all I know is that I don't have a specific slot for the M.2 or NVMe. Now in case I'd like to connect a really fast SSD with say 1500+ MB/s - will it work to that speed on my motherboard? Which PCIe would I need to connect it to & also which slot would that be, I have no idea to differentiate between them except that one is for my GPU and that's about it. Thanks for any sort of support guys, black friday already started here and I just got the fever xD.
First, I would like to understand what PCIe x4 actually means and also what type of PCIe is it? like 2.0 or 3.0? I couldn't find a straight answer.
Secondly, the question specific to me is that I got this AsRock Z97 Pro 3 motherboard: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97 Pro3/index.asp
I don't quite understand which of the PCIe slots are which and to which one of them I can connect an SSD with PCIe x4 (either NVME or M.2), all I know is that I don't have a specific slot for the M.2 or NVMe. Now in case I'd like to connect a really fast SSD with say 1500+ MB/s - will it work to that speed on my motherboard? Which PCIe would I need to connect it to & also which slot would that be, I have no idea to differentiate between them except that one is for my GPU and that's about it. Thanks for any sort of support guys, black friday already started here and I just got the fever xD.