- Jul 29, 2012
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So I changed my motherboard to an M-ATX solution to fit it in a smaller case (I'm off to Uni and didn't want to have to transport my old larger one.)
The new board I have purchesed is this... http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H77%20Pro4-M/
On the website it lists the board as having 1 PCIe x16 slot yet from the picture it appears to have 3, I think this is because once the x16 slot is used the rest are 'demoted' down?
So my question is if i have a graphics card that uses x16 and a sound card that uses x8 does it matter which slot i plug them in (e.g. will plugging the sound card into the x16 slot mean that the graphics card will run at x8? And if so how do I tell which is which?)
Sorry for the amount of text I just wasn't sure how to word this post.
Any help would be appreciated thanks
The new board I have purchesed is this... http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H77%20Pro4-M/
On the website it lists the board as having 1 PCIe x16 slot yet from the picture it appears to have 3, I think this is because once the x16 slot is used the rest are 'demoted' down?
So my question is if i have a graphics card that uses x16 and a sound card that uses x8 does it matter which slot i plug them in (e.g. will plugging the sound card into the x16 slot mean that the graphics card will run at x8? And if so how do I tell which is which?)
Sorry for the amount of text I just wasn't sure how to word this post.
Any help would be appreciated thanks
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