Unlike most performance motherboards that by default carry only an x8 / x8 setup when SLI or CrossFire X is used, the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme offers us the NF200 chip to add more PCI-E lanes to the ...

I have a Sapphire Ultimate Radeon HD 6670 video card (PCI Express 2.0 x16) that I'd like to put in a PCI Express 3.0 x8 slot so the video card doesn't block another PCI Express slot that I need. The ...

I am building a new desktop pc wich will have a 2 way SLI setup on it, and was wandering about if it is worth getting a mobo that can run these two cards at x16 both or just x8 both. I am casual gamer ...

PC components have a finite number of channels that connect with the CPU. These channels are physically built into the CPU, the motherboard, and the components themselves -- and they're called PCIe ...

Minisforum has launched the MS-R1, its first ARM-based mini PC, featuring a 12-core Cixin P1 SoC with eight Cortex-A720 and four Cortex-A520 cores, capable of boosting up to 2.6GHz. This device uses ...

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is built with PCIe 5.0 x16 support, offering up to 64 GB/s of bandwidth. This is a notable step up from the RTX 4090, which runs at PCIe 4.0 x16 with 32 GB/s bandwidth.

Check out the underside of Intel's next twelfth-generation desktop processor, the lga1700 socket. Even more intriguing is the diagram for the Z690 chipset, which is the highest-end model that will be ...

Recently we've been discussing PCI Express 4.0 and the role it plays with the new GeForce 30 series. We suspected there may be a small performance advantage with high-end parts such as the RTX 3080 ...

With support for PCIe 4.0 cards, triple 8K displays, and speeds rivaling internal storage, OWC's new expansion chassis brings ...

The PCI Express standard, or PCIe, has been a staple for connecting PC peripherals and components to a desktop. If you buy new PC parts in 2021, they’ll likely support the current fourth generation.