will PCI-E 3.0 x4 work with gigabyte ga-78lmt-s2 MOBO?

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Pranav Patil

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so i ordered this GeForce GT 1030 for my PC upgrade... but will PCI-E 3.0 x4 work with the MOBO Gigabyte ga-78lmt-s2 as it has PCI-E 2.0 x16 ??
 
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Yes; PCIe is backwards compatible, and mostly forwards compatible. It is fine in your case.

To put it into comparison, a PCIe 3.0 x4 has about the same bandwidth as a PCIe 2.0 x8 so a PCIe 2.0 x16 is more than enough.
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Yes; PCIe is backwards compatible, and mostly forwards compatible. It is fine in your case.

To put it into comparison, a PCIe 3.0 x4 has about the same bandwidth as a PCIe 2.0 x8 so a PCIe 2.0 x16 is more than enough.
 
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that means my mobo will work with the GT 1030 right?
 
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