Was really interested in this board, Asus ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard, but..

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But if i put even a gen 4 M2 drive in slot one, it reduces gpu slot to just 8x, why ? i don't want that to happen.
 
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Since they stole the CPU's 16 PCI-E 5.0 lanes to make an M.2 slot the board should not have, it is wired that way unless you choose a cheaper board that uses the CPU's 4 spare PCI-E 4.0 lanes.
 
I will look into it on youtube, but will just look out for a non gen 5 M.2 slot motherboard.

Shame they dont just take the lanes from the Intel® Z790 Chipset instead, or cant they ?
 
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