Hey Guys!
I wanted to get your expertise on whether I'm understanding the allocation of PCIE lanes w/ my new setup.
I'm getting a 7700K w/ a mITX board and was wondering whether the 16x video card slot will downgrade to 8x if I install a 4x m.2 drive.
From what I understand about the other post on the forums & Linus's video relevant to this is that I won't even notice a difference in performance even if the video card does?
Also about the Z170 and Z270 having it's own southbridge lanes, but isn't the point of the 16 CPU lanes meant to have a faster/more direct link to the CPU?
So does the video card and/or the m.2 use the CPU or southbridge lanes and does it matter?
Thanks!