pcie 3.0

Hello everyone; AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Asus ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming and Asus RTX TUF RTX4070TI Super, I have a system consisting of main components. There are a total of 4 Nvme M2 slots on my motherboard. 2 of them support PCIE 5.0, and when you insert an SSD into the second m2 slot, the GPU...

Hi, I need help choosing a new NVMe SSD for my laptop. I currently have a Legion 5 Pro with a Ryzen 5800h, so I'm limited to a PCIe 3.0 interface, but it seems more sensible to buy a PCIe 4.0 drive in case I change laptops in the future. From what I've found, the SK Hynix Gold P31 was a good...

After hours of videos, guides, and forums, I am still confused about how pcie lanes from CPU's and mobos work so I was hoping someone can shed some more light for me. I currently have an i7 4790k which claims to have a max number of 16 lanes via up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4. However due to this...

Looking for a reasonably priced Z97 board with *three* PCIe slots that meet the PCI Express 3.0 standard. Most Z97 boards only have two. (I want Z97 because I have a perfectly capable i7-4770 and also because I have tonnes of DDR3 ram.) Of the ones that have three 3.0 slots, I understand most...