- Dec 4, 2012
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Hi all, I need your help as I'm confused over this.
Basically I've got myself this PCIe USB 3.0 card (so can finally have some better transfer speeds on the go).
It states it needs a "PCI-Express slot must be version 2.0 or higher" to get the usb 3 speeds of 5GB/s; otherwise version 1 will be limited to 2.5GB/s.
I have the Asus P6T motherboard which has:
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (dual x16, blue)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, white)
1 x PCIe x1
2 x PCI
This picture will aid you.
My understanding of this is that I have a small white one which is version 1 (directly under the first blue PCI-E version 2), currently where my graphics card is installed.
The next PCIe which is version 2 is the next one under the small white one (the big blue one). Can I install the above PCIe USB 3.0 card into this slot?
I think I can but I'd rather have it right first time.
Thanks in advanced for the help on this
Basically I've got myself this PCIe USB 3.0 card (so can finally have some better transfer speeds on the go).
It states it needs a "PCI-Express slot must be version 2.0 or higher" to get the usb 3 speeds of 5GB/s; otherwise version 1 will be limited to 2.5GB/s.
I have the Asus P6T motherboard which has:
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (dual x16, blue)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, white)
1 x PCIe x1
2 x PCI
This picture will aid you.
My understanding of this is that I have a small white one which is version 1 (directly under the first blue PCI-E version 2), currently where my graphics card is installed.
The next PCIe which is version 2 is the next one under the small white one (the big blue one). Can I install the above PCIe USB 3.0 card into this slot?
I think I can but I'd rather have it right first time.
Thanks in advanced for the help on this
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