These are PCIe x1, x2, x4, x8, and x16; the more lanes you have available on a slot, the more data can be transmitted and received.

Since the mainboard used also offered PCIe, the same card was run in a PCIe x4 slot, as well as in an x1 configuration, both with noticeably higher performance and putting the ‘why’ in ‘try’.

If you are about to upgrade your SSD or graphics card, you should understand the SATA and PCI Express interfaces. If you know the differences between them, you can avoid making the wrong purchase ...

PCIe lane sharing happens when you have components in the PCIe slots and they're using up all the PCIe lanes your CPU ...

When it comes to desktop PCIe slots and cards, you will see x1, x4, and x16 physical slot widths, and x8 slots and cards being mostly a server occurrence.

That’s half the speed, and that’s why the top slot should always get your GPU. Some smaller PCIe slots run at x1 or x4, and these are meant for low-bandwidth add-in cards (see below).

PCI Express has been around for 20 years, and with no sign of it being replaced any time soon, we dive into the technology to see what ...

Named the 1P-LPPCIE3, this device allows users to connect older parallel port devices, such as legacy printers, through a PCIe x1 slot.

These are PCIe x1, x2, x4, x8, and x16; the more lanes you have available on a slot, the more data can be transmitted and received.