HomeLab: Which PCIe slot for 10GbE NIC? by Life-is-short--so

What is PCIe or PCI Express? PCIe is short for “peripheral component interconnect express” and it's primarily used as a standardized

PCIe is available in a different physical configuration which includes x1, x4, x8, x16, x32 The motherboard has a number of PCIe slots to

short pcie slot Yes The reverse also sometimes works if the short socket has an open end In any event, throughput is limited to the number of ACTIVE lanes

retro slot My motherboard is an ASUS Prime Z370-A It has several expansion slots, and per the manual the short ones are PCIe 1 the long ones are PCIe