need help in finding a motherboard with pci 3.0 slot

[mrxplek]

im buying a gtx670 graphics card.i had decided to buy asrock z77 pro4 but it is currently out of stock.i need help finding a motherboard with pci 3.0. my budget for the motherboard is 5k-10k.my processor is i5 2500k.

 

[ShintaiDK]

You need an Ivy Bridge CPU to get PCIe 3.0. But the difference between PCIe 2.0 and 3.0 for you is 0-1%.

 

[Lone Fox]

The ASRock pro3 is essential the same (correct me if I'm wrong) and a little bit less. Doesn't have optical output.

Are you located in America?

 

[mrxplek]

so the performance of my graphics card will not be affected if i buy a motherboard with pci 2.0 slot?
.no i'm from india

 

[ShintaiDK]

so the performance of my graphics card will not be affected if i buy a motherboard with pci 2.0 slot?
.no i'm from india

The x16 is handled by the CPU. And your CPU is PCIe 2.0. So nomatter what motherboard you buy it will be 2.0.

And no, performance wise there is no difference for single graphic card setups.

 

[TemjinGold]

You need to be running like two 680s/two 7970s for PCI-E to have a difference and even then it's like a 3-5% difference.

 

[tweakboy]

Neat! Well hell be ready in the future for pci 3.0 video cards.. perhaps..