PCI slots on mobo?

SidTheSloth · Dec 15, 2013

Will I be able to fit a gpu and a wireless adapter card on an atx mobo? and if so where?

VincentP · Dec 15, 2013

This depends on the motherboard, but generally yes.
Graphics card (GPU) will take a PCI-E x16.
Wireless network adapter will take a PCI-E x1 slot or a PCI slot depending on the adapter.
ATX Motherboards will have the PCI-E x16 slot and some combination of other PCI and PCI-E slots.
The slot directly adjacent to the PCI-E x16 slot may not be usable if the graphics card has a 2 slot cooler.

Beepbupbob · Dec 15, 2013

VincentP :

hey just wanna ask ,is it okay to put the wireless adapter to the x8 cause on my motherboard(asus sabertooth 990fx r2.0) the x1 is covered by the video card

SidTheSloth · Dec 15, 2013

Will it work with this build? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/SidTheSloth/saved/38QI

VincentP · Dec 15, 2013

Beepbupbob :

This motherboard has the following slots:
3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (dual x16 or x16/x8/x8) *1
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
1 x PCI

A PCI-E x1 network adapter will work in any of these except the PCI slot (second from the bottom of the board).
Insert the graphics card in the PCI-E x16 slot closest to the CPU.
Insert the wireless network adapter in any of the other PCI-E x16 slots.

SidTheSloth · Dec 15, 2013

Okay so it will all fit together without any issues?

VincentP · Dec 15, 2013

SidTheSloth :

Yes.

SidTheSloth · Dec 15, 2013

Alright thanks a lot for the help.

SidTheSloth · Dec 15, 2013

Alright thanks a lot for the help.

Beepbupbob · Dec 15, 2013

VincentP :

Beepbupbob :

This motherboard has the following slots:
3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (dual x16 or x16/x8/x8) *1
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
1 x PCI

A PCI-E x1 network adapter will work in any of these except the PCI slot (second from the bottom of the board).
Insert the graphics card in the PCI-E x16 slot closest to the CPU.
Insert the wireless network adapter in any of the other PCI-E x16 slots.

i had problem tough when i insert it in to an x8 or x16, every 30 seconds the program that i used keep minimizing by itself so when i play a game like bf4 it keeps minimizing itsel every 30 seconds so i change it back to my usb wireless adapter

VincentP · Dec 15, 2013

Beepbupbob :

VincentP :

i had problem tough when i insert it in to an x8 or x16, every 30 seconds the program that i used keep minimizing by itself so when i play a game like bf4 it keeps minimizing itsel every 30 seconds so i change it back to my usb wireless adapter

I don't think this is because of the slot where the wireless adapter is installed.
Did you install the correct drivers for the wireless adapter?
Is some other program or dialog box popping up when the game is minimised?

Beepbupbob · Dec 15, 2013

VincentP :

Beepbupbob :

I don't think this is because of the slot where the wireless adapter is installed.
Did you install the correct drivers for the wireless adapter?
Is some other program or dialog box popping up when the game is minimised?

i did installed the correct driver, even twice cause of this problem, nope nothing pops out, i alsho think it is not cause of the pci but oh well i just want to get gaming without any distrubtion so i switch it back to my usb

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