Pcie Slot Help

Solution
Depends on what you're talking about.

PCIe x16 refers to the number of lanes, NOT what version those lanes run.

If you have PCIe 3.0 x16, you can run ANY size card from x1 to x16 using version 1.0,1.1, 2.0, 3.0 communications.

Edool14

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yea ik that but my motherboard manual states that the pcie 3.0 is only compatible with FM2+ CPUs but I was wondering if I can still use it as a 2.0 with my dual core FM2 CPU?

 


Probably works just fine at 2.0. Same thing happens with an i7 2600K in a z77 board, only uses 2.0 even though the same board with 3770 will use 3.0