Can I put a PCI-E 1x card in PCI-E 8x slot?

Terrier_Jimlad · 4 Nov 2009 at 22:14

I've got an Xonar D2X that has small slot pins for a PCI-E 1x slot, but both of my 1x slots are either side of my PCI-E 16x slot, which is taken up by my HD4870 so i cannot fit the card in to either of the 1x slots

So, can I put my 1x card into an 8x slot and will it run fine?

Sorry for the idiot question!

d_brennen · 4 Nov 2009 at 22:16

Should be fine

J.B · 4 Nov 2009 at 22:20

Yeah, my old x1 sound card sat in my x16 no problems.

Brizzles · 4 Nov 2009 at 22:21

Yes, I ran mine from a x16 graphics card slot.

Terrier_Jimlad · 4 Nov 2009 at 22:27

cheers fellas, now I just need to nip to a store and get a floppy power connector, didnt realise the D2X requires one

Mobo manufacturers (Gigabyte in this instance) should really move the 1x slots way over to the other side, surely they know MOST people will put a beefy 2 slot card in the 16x slot which covers one 1x slot, and the other can only fit a small length card in, anything like my sound card and it hits one of the bridge heatsinks

Oh well, it'll sit happily in the 8x slot ...

Minimoke · 4 Nov 2009 at 22:30

I too have a motherboard with some of the ports rather stupidly placed. For example, with my 4850 X in, I can only access two of my SATA ports with right-angled plugs, because my GPU (like any GPU would in my situation) covers the bloody SATA ports! Dear oh dear....

J.B · 5 Nov 2009 at 08:16

I know what you mean, I always thought if ASUS of Gigabyte asked some hardcore gamers or system builders about this we would have decently spaced ports and no large capacitors around the CPU socket so the uber coolers would fit without the gentle bending of electronics!

SMAndy · 5 Nov 2009 at 09:30

Just make the motherboard a bit bigger. People like bigger things, they make it feel like its better!

there should be no connections anywhere near the PCIex16 slot, I don't see why people don't stick the SATA ports on the bottom right of a board, facing towards the HDD's. That way, you could get some really short SATA cables, and make the case look really neat and tidy! Currently I have to have some 45cm SATA cables because there's not one smaller that would fit. Now I have about 15cm of cable stuffed under the board to make it not a hideous mess!

Hopefully my new case coming today will live up to its reviews about good cable management.