what is pcie x16?

bizbiz27 · Sep 29, 2014

dovah-chan · Sep 29, 2014

It's a PCI-E 2.0 slot.

site said:
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
2 x PCI Express x1 slots (The PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

laviniuc · Sep 29, 2014

no, it's 3. it depends on the chipset (H81) and cpu. the slot itseft is the same (pins) thus they named it generic

Eximo · Sep 29, 2014

To be exact the x16 slot is PCIe 3.0 and the two 1x slots run on a PCIe 2.0 bus.

dovah-chan · Sep 29, 2014

It's a lower end board so it wouldn't be unheard of to use the 2.0 standard. Also FM2 supports 3.0 but it is common to have 2.0 boards.

Shane501 · Sep 29, 2014

bizbiz27 · Oct 5, 2014

dovah-chan :

Thx is the gigabyte mobo good for an i5?