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Can I install a PCI-E x8 (2.0) SSD into a PCI-E x8_4 (3.0) slot on m/b?

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September 15, 2014 4:29:52 AM

I am about to buy Mushkin Enhanced Scorpion Deluxe SSD and install into my ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition motherboard. I only have slot #6 available which is the most bottom slot named PCI-E 3.0 x8_4.

Will I encounter any problems?

SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

M/B: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

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September 15, 2014 5:49:46 AM

All versions of PCIe are backward compatible.

PCI Express 3.0 Base specification revision 3.0 was made available in November 2010, after multiple delays. In August 2007, PCI-SIG announced that PCI Express 3.0 would carry a bit rate of 8 gigatransfers per second (GT/s), and that it would be backward compatible with existing PCI Express implementations.
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