The one thing that people grumble about the most with P67/Z68 is the relatively small number of available PCIe lanes (16) for graphics cards. That's fixed on Z77 with PCIe Gen 3.0. Ivy Bridge ...

The Tsi384 four-lane PCI Express (PCIe) to PCI-X Bridge is pin compatible with similar PCIe bridges while, reportedly, delivering higher performance, lower latency, better throughput, and lower power ...

PCIe 4.0 sounds exciting—it’s the first big change to the interface since 2010. But as always, the questions of who can get it (and who can’t), and who really needs it, are more nuanced than you’d ...

When PC gamers seek motherboards, they focus on numbers such as that of the M.2 slots, USB ports, or even the PCIe slots. Choosing a motherboard for your CPU means you'll be looking at many boards ...

When you're looking at motherboard features for your next PC build or upgrade, one of the most important specifications is how many PCIe lanes it supports, thanks to the combination of CPU and chipset ...

The Sonnet M.2 8x4 Silent Gen4 PCIe Card features a 48-lane PCI Express 4.0 compatible switch on its board, enabling support for various RAID configurations including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and JBOD ...

So, me 8 months ago says something along the lines of "not really needing all those lanes, B550 will be fine for me." So, MSI Mag B550, 2 nvme drives (boot, games/apps), vid card, sound card...we are ...

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 ...

PCIexpress (PCIe) is one of the most important technologies on modern motherboards, helping to get the most from the fastest SSDs to the most powerful graphics cards. But depending on which board you ...