[SOLVED] What CPU has 24+ Pcie Lanes for least money?

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Number of lanes doesn't mean much compared to how they are deployed in the motherboard.

24 lanes can feed 6 each x4 PCIe sockets or one x16 and 2 x4 socket...or any combination of x1, x4, x8 and/or x16 you want to imagine. But the real wild card is what the motherboard assigns lanes to: USB ports, SATA ports, LAN, WiFi. They all need lanes to move data. That's why it's vital to know what you want to do rather than number of lanes you want.
Number of lanes doesn't mean much compared to how they are deployed in the motherboard.

24 lanes can feed 6 each x4 PCIe sockets or one x16 and 2 x4 socket...or any combination of x1, x4, x8 and/or x16 you want to imagine. But the real wild card is what the motherboard assigns lanes to: USB ports, SATA ports, LAN, WiFi. They all need lanes to move data. That's why it's vital to know what you want to do rather than number of lanes you want.
 
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