All Types Of PCIe Slots Explained & Compared

Oleg Kasich ; Expansion slots, 1×PCI-E x16; 1×PCI-E x16 ; 1×PCI-E x1 ; Storage devices, 1× PCI-E x4; 3× PCI-E

ok I feel like an absolute MORON! I had NO idea you can install a PCIE X1 card into the x4, x8, x16 PCIE slots on a Motherboard, I thought the slots only

pcie slot for gpu I have tried several PCIe cards in my x370 Gaming Pro Carbon x1 slots, and I am not able to get either of them to function properly

pcie 30 x4 slot And then he installed in a PCI-E 1x slot and it worked! Because of the smaller size and only 1x speed function it can be used for basic display