My existing motherboard has this in the manual:
The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When PCIEX8 is populated with a card, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.
I'm going to be using an Intel i7 5960X and I'll be overclocking it to at least 4Ghz. Will also be using 64GB DDR4 RAM. Slots should be PCI Express 3. I'll be using a SATA III card in either a x8 or x16 slot. Will also be using a powerful graphics card in an x16 slot. I would like the graphics card slow to NOT be slowed down due to the other slot being occupied by the SATA card.
Is there a motherboard which offers that (Slots should be PCI Express 3)? Should I get a motherboard with 2 x16 slots? If I put my SATA card in the x8 slot or x16 and 1 graphics card in an x16 slotsthen does that mean that the SATA card is only slowing down one of the x16 slots?
The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When PCIEX8 is populated with a card, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.
I'm going to be using an Intel i7 5960X and I'll be overclocking it to at least 4Ghz. Will also be using 64GB DDR4 RAM. Slots should be PCI Express 3. I'll be using a SATA III card in either a x8 or x16 slot. Will also be using a powerful graphics card in an x16 slot. I would like the graphics card slow to NOT be slowed down due to the other slot being occupied by the SATA card.
Is there a motherboard which offers that (Slots should be PCI Express 3)? Should I get a motherboard with 2 x16 slots? If I put my SATA card in the x8 slot or x16 and 1 graphics card in an x16 slotsthen does that mean that the SATA card is only slowing down one of the x16 slots?
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