pci question

[1anas16]

I know there pci express x 16 3.0 and such, but whats a normal pci slot?

EX:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132135

it just says pci slots 1

What is it?  Can you put a gpu in it? its really bugging me!!

[ROK]

You can put a GPU in the big gold slot at the top (PCIe 3.0 16x). Under that there is a PCIe x1 and at the bottom there is a PCI slot, both of which can be used for various expansion cards. Modern-day, mainstream GPUs use PCIe 3.0/2.0 16x and won't be compatible with the bottom two expansion slots. PCI is the standard that came before PCIe and (at one point) was used for GPUs and is included as a legacy slot while PCIe x1 is used for expansion cards that don't need the bandwidth.

[1anas16]

thanks

[Vendetta]

I know there pci express x 16 3.0 and such, but whats a normal pci slot?

EX:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132135

it just says pci slots 1

What is it?  Can you put a gpu in it? its really bugging me!!

Befire pcie there was pci, it is just considered a legacy port and manufactures will sometimes put them on a motherboard so that people can use old hardware.

[ROK]

thanks

No problem