COMPUTER HARDWARE
MOTHERBOARDS AND EXPANSION CARDS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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8
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16
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24
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32
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Detailed explanation-1: -The middle mechanical x16 slot has eight PCIe lanes, while the bottom one has four. Even though the slot has a mechanical length of a x16 slot, the pins only reach up to x8 length.
Detailed explanation-2: -PCIe slots come in different physical configurations: x1, x4, x8, and x16. The number after x tells you how many lanes (how data travels to and from the PCIe card–more on that later) that the PCIe slot has. For example, a PCIe x1 slot has one lane and can move data at one bit per cycle.
Detailed explanation-3: -The simple answer is yes, it SHOULD work. There are many who have fit a PCIe x16 card of some sort, usually a video card, into a PCIe x1 slot through manual modification of either the slot or the card. That is, by either cutting the back off of the slot or cutting a notch into the card in the correct location.
Detailed explanation-4: -The PCI Express link between two devices can vary in size from one to 32 lanes. The PCI Express standard defines link widths of x1, x4, x8, x12, x16, and x32. Consequently, a 32-lane PCIe connector (x32) can support an aggregate throughput of up to 16 GB/s.