Despite the trend in shrinking PC sizes, larger desktop towers with ATX motherboards are still popular — and for fiends who want to get the most out of their systems, these have a secret weapon: PCIe ...

This is splitting a PCIe slot into multiple PCIe links ... equipment and you rely on either the “in-mainboard x1 plug” or the “x16 slot” boards out of a typical riser extender, you ...

PCI Express (PCIe) was introduced in 2002 as "Third Generation I/O" (3GIO), and by the mid-2000s, motherboards had at least one PCIe slot for graphics ... serial lanes (x1-x32) that transfer ...

Newegg is taking pre-orders for Asus' flagship-grade ROG Crosshair X870E Apex motherboard, designed for extreme overclocking.

PCIe x4 and x8 cards can draw up to 25W from the motherboard's slot, while x1 cards are limited to 10W unless configured as a 'full-height' or 'high-power card' to pull the aforementioned 25W.

Some smaller PCIe slots run at x1 or x4, and these are meant for low-bandwidth add-in cards (see below). But everyone already has a graphics card, right? In fact, the one PCIe add-in that most ...