Can I plug in a PCIe x4 card into a PCIe x16 slot? : rbuildapc

can you put pcie 4x in 16x slot   Dan can you use ddr3 in ddr4 slot

Yes, all PCI-E x1 cards will run in a x4, x8 and x16 slot I ran my wireless PCI-E x1 card in the 3rd x16 slot in my Maximus Extreme Quote

You should be fine First of all yes a 1x card can run in a 16x slot, though technically your extra slot is a 4x slot that can hold up to a 16x why its not doing it in the x4 slot is the card will be pulling less power as its basically bottlenecked by only getting 14 the data sent to it

goldbet slot Usually motherboard manufacturers do not support a splitting of these lanes in such a way, that it would make sense for 4 GPUs plus an NVMe (It No problem whatsoever Also, if you look closely, the bottom x16 slot is actually a x4 slot in the outer shape of a x16 slot See how the pins