WHAT IS THE REAL STORY on Z77's PCIe Lanes!!

PCIE 1x, 4x, 8x, 16x bus pins and signals pcie 3 0 x1 slot For example, an x1 slot can have only one transfer lane used by the x1 card inserted into the slot; x2, x4, x8, and x16 slots are also available pcie slot configuration gen1 gen2 gen3 A PCIe x1 slot is a type of expansion slot on a computer's motherboard that provides one lane of PCIe connectivity It is designed to support low-bandwidth

pcie slot sizes PCIe is a slower and older standard at 8 gigatransfers per second; PCIe is the current generation at 16GTs; PCIe is the most recent