PCI Express 16x Capability Question

madreag

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I just built a computer using the new Asrock Z87 board + i7-4770K. I'm still waiting on my GTX 780, so I haven't tested the following myself.

Question: Can I run my GTX 780 (PCI Express 3.0) at 16x while a PCIE 1x sound card is plugged in to any other PCIE slot? I'm wondering if the GTX 780 will reduce itself to 8x while the sound card uses the PCIE 1x slot...

Motherboard (ASRock Z87 Extreme4):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157369

Sound Card (HT | OMEGA eClaro):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271006R
 
Solution
No, you can put your 780 in the primary PCIe slot and it will run at x16 while your sound card can go in any other PCIe slot and it won't affect your 780.