Hey guys,
I have a ASUS Z77 sabertooth as the title suggest and I'm looking to get a good raid controller for it. Most good raid controllers appear to be x8 and I know physically an x8 card will fit into a x16 slot but on ASUS sight and the manual it states the following.
2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8) *2
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black) *3
3 x PCIe 2.0 x1
Does this mean it will only support a x4 card or is it stating that if I threw another video card for tri-fire/tri-sli in that slot the video card would only run at x4? or it is stating that no matter what a x1 or x4 card will only run in that slot no matter what. If that is the case will I still be able to throw in an x8 card which would just be bottle-necked by the less through-put or is the a potential that it will damage the card?
Thank for all your help.
I have a ASUS Z77 sabertooth as the title suggest and I'm looking to get a good raid controller for it. Most good raid controllers appear to be x8 and I know physically an x8 card will fit into a x16 slot but on ASUS sight and the manual it states the following.
2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8) *2
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black) *3
3 x PCIe 2.0 x1
Does this mean it will only support a x4 card or is it stating that if I threw another video card for tri-fire/tri-sli in that slot the video card would only run at x4? or it is stating that no matter what a x1 or x4 card will only run in that slot no matter what. If that is the case will I still be able to throw in an x8 card which would just be bottle-necked by the less through-put or is the a potential that it will damage the card?
Thank for all your help.
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