Comment on How do I fit a network card with a physical x4 slot into an x1 slot?

deadcatbounce@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How would I do it then? The card doesn’t exactly need PCIE gen 3 X4, at the most it needs PCIE Gen 3 X2 == PCIE Gen 4 X1 in terms of bandwidth.

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  • deadcatbounce@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In terms of physical connections you’ve said that the card needs the x4. Not sure what there is to say further.

    Can’t get a 30 cm ruler into a 15 cm pencil case.

    Maybe I’ve totally misunderstood your post.

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    • TootGuitar@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is false when it comes to me to PCIe, as mentioned elsewhere in this thread.

      Most motherboards have cutouts on one end of the PCIe x1/x4 slots, for exactly this situation. If not, and you want to be adventurous, you can cut the plastic of the slot and it’ll work fine.

      If the card is PCIe 3.0 x4, and the slot is PCIe 4.0 x1, the card will run at PCIe 3.0 x1. But it’ll work.

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      • deadcatbounce@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I stand corrected. Thanks for the heads up… Really wasn’t expecting that.

        Apologies to OP.

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