As i was searching for the mother board for intel ivry bridge with 1155 socket, having GTX 550Ti which is a pcie2.0x16 gpu. So i desicded asrock H77 Pro4/MVP (http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H77%20Pro4MVP/?cat=Specifications) which is a budget mob. fulfilling all my requirements but at the one point i got confused that it says : PCIe Gen3 is supported on 3rd Generation of Intel® Core™ i5 and Core™ i7 CPUs. As i will use this board with Intel® Core™ i3-3220 Processor [http://ark.intel.com/products/65693/Intel-Core-i3-3220-Processor-3M-Cache-3_30-GHz] which does not support pcie3.0 slot. In this motherboard there is:
- 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot (PCIE2: x16 mode)
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE3: x4 mode)
Can my graphic card will work fine on PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot which is in PCIE2: x16 mode.
- 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot (PCIE2: x16 mode)
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE3: x4 mode)
Can my graphic card will work fine on PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot which is in PCIE2: x16 mode.