Will PCIe x1 x4 cards work in x16 slot?
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Have you ever thought if you can plug PCI Express cards into x16 lane slot? In this video, we will talk about the secret of different PCI express interface.
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I cannot believe I've built computers for myself and friends for a literal decade and never knew this. Thank you Tao!
It's crazy how this is NOT made clear in PCIE device details and marketing material. I look for ages for a PCIE x16 to PCIE x1 adapter, only to find you don't need one! :D
Me too!
Same, except i use a micro-atx board, so there wouldn't be enough space to put something in the second pcie x16 slot anyway.
Me too
@@a1rg3ar31 may I know what case you have?
This has to be the best explanation of anything EVER! Especially with a visual of different types of PCI cards.
Been looking all over for this info, Thank You!
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Thank you! Now I don't have to worry to put a PCI-E 1x to a 16x slot
Awesome video! Answered everything I came for. Turns out the pcie usb board I bought to connect multiple camera's/mic in was a 1x Lane only, which explains why my usb devices kept disconnecting. For anyone that has the same issue make sure you buy a card that has dedicated bus channels for each usb port, most if not all cheaper boards run on 1 or 2 unfortunately. Something I learnt the hard way but so grateful that I now know. Thank you once again Tao for a great video :)
Thank you! I am building a new computer in a couple of weeks and have a small PCIe x1 WiFi card, but the smaller x1 slot on my motherboard will likely be blocked by my gpu card, and I came to see if the WiFi card I have would work on the other x16 lane slot that wouldn’t be blocked.
Adrian M Beardsong same lol
Wait so did it work I’m running into the same issue
Walker Guy It works. If the card fits in the slot it’ll run and run just fine. I’ve got a 1660ti in my top slot (the x16), and it covers the smallest slot, so I put my WiFi card in the bottom big slot (16x1 or something) and I can’t tell a difference. I play online and all that without a hitch!
So yeah, give it a go!
i was having the same thought and end up here lol
Glad you guys found it useful 👍
This is one of the best videos for learning about the PCIe interface, enjoyed watching it!
You’re a godsend. I bought a WIfI PCIE adapter but I found out my 2060 covered it so I wanted to know if I could use the 16x slot instead
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Same here bro
Same here bro
Littering the exact same problem 🤣
Great job explaining the differences in the PCIe.
This answered the EXACT question I was looking to answer. Thank you so much!
You rock buddy! Thank you so much!
You just gained yourself a sub.I was looking everywhere for this video.I have the pci e 8 slot and I wasn’t for sure it would work in a 16 pcie slot.It was the 8 slot one that you didn’t have on hand,but you did answer my question!Thanks
Thank you good sir!
thanks for the info I have been looking for months I am not interested in speed just using it in a 16 x you have a great video thanks again
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Very well explained. It certainly cannot get better than this. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for explaining that I just got one of these star Tec cards with 3.1 slots and was like what the fuc where I put it and now it makes more sense thank you for explaining this
lol just bought one and im here too lol, speaking of any issues with it down the road?
Thank you, I've been trying to find out if there was any reason to sacrifice a x16 slot for an x1 USB 3.0 header expansion card for performance reasons. You are the only one who straight answered the question!
Excellent lesson on PCIe x16 thru x1 slots, the bus and the limiting factors of the cards - not the MB.
3:36 There you go! Thank you for flipping it. Much clearer.
5 years later and you answered a question i needed, thank you sir
Glad I could help!
You have no idea how much this helped me out for my pc build!!!! Thank you for the explanation Mr Tao. Now i can put my wifi card to the 16 lane slot. Cos my gpu was too bigggg haha! Cheers!!
@ Asyraf Salam
Glad I could help!
I was panicking because the B650 Aorus motherboard I purchased only had x16 lanes and I couldn't plug in my x1 lane soundcard. Great video.
Glad I could help
Then you Tao!! This video is still helping computer noobs 5 years later!!!
Thank you for sharing. This is very helpful in choosing a Motherboard. In particular, I recently have a doubt to pick the gigabyte b550 vision d because it only had pci16. But this video is just damn helpful.
Saved me $20 on buying a x1 riser. Had a free x16 and I didn’t know I could populate that slot with a one lane card.
Hi i have a gpu that covers my 2x pcie slot which I need for my network or wifi adapter but i have an extra 16x slot would it work if put my 2x network adapter there
THANK YOU MR TAO! Me and my wife were building pc, got headache with a couple of pcie accessories. Never knew we could use the x16 slot with x1 accessory 🤦♂🤦
thankyou sir, now i can setup 1x pcie wifi card on the x16 pcie slot
Thanks hon ❤ got a network/bluetooth pcie 1x card,now I know it will work in a 8x express subbed :)
I've built high end gaming PCs for my personal use for years and I didn't know this... My mind is blown
Thank you! This video helped me understand the interfaces better.
This is old but I would like to thank you anyway because I currently have a 16 x Riser cable and a Sound Blaster zxr sound card which is a 1 X PCIe slot and I thought I had to order a different cable and have had no sound for the last 3 days.
Saw this video and immediately just plugged my zxr sound card into the 16 x Riser cable and boom I have sound.
Thanks again!
Glad it helped.
Thank very much for the video, I was not sure but the demonstration gave me the answer😊 I bought a mother board with on x16 slots
There are PCIe x16 over x1 slots - the J1900m MB I have has one of these and I was looking if I could install an x8 SAS/SATA card in it and, thanks to you, now I know that I can.
Very little information out there regarding this straight-ahead question. Thanks for clarifying.
Thank you so much for explaining this. A real life saver!
I'm just lazy to read the blog /article thus end up with this video.nice explanation Tao m!thanks
Glad it helped
Just what i needed to know. Kudos to you and your channel!
Just the information
I was looking for. Thank you!
@ Mikołaj Lis 👍
yes they are all backward compatible. a pcie x1 device will work in any slot bigger...
to get an x16 slot card on a x1 slot you use an adapter that all the crypto mining rigs use.
THANK YOU! i don't have a small 1x just a 16 haha. I was worried i purchased the wrong wifi carD!
thank you i am going to get a LAN card but it has pcie x1 but i didn't know if i could put it in a pcie x16 slot. Now i know i can
Hello Tao M Studio, thank you for your clear presentation of showing us on PCIe X 1, X4, X8, X16 could actually be slotted in to a PCIe X 16 Bus Slot in the mother board. I do have a question to ask, in this case, if I have a PCIe X 4 slot, does it also mean that a PCIe X 1 slot could be slotted inside it as well? || I believe you could do a video on PCIe X 4 + EVO 970 NVMe M.2 SSD, as I think this is going to be the new massive upgrade.
Cheers. You gave me the confidence to keep pushing harder. :)
Thanks for confirming this! i am building a PC with multiple x4 HDMI capture card and quite confused with today's motherboard selection which very limited in actual x4 or x1 slot..until i think the shape of the connector is similar to a x16 graphic card..i wonder if it will work with motherboard with many graphic card slot, and then stumble upon your video!
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Thank you for your explanation! It's my first time in your channel. Very clear. Keep up the good work! Cheers
@ Martin Quintana
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Great video, exactly what I was looking for!
Thanks a lot.. I did not know that you can use a 1x into a 16x slot!!! Keep it up!
I can confirm the 950 will work in a X4 PCI Express slot.
we know this not from scientific experimentation, but because I am a moron.
This video was very informative.
Currently looking to upgrade my video card, and some of my options include x8 cards and my MOBO only has a x16 slot.
Very useful thank you! my upgraded graphics card covered up my pcie 4 lane. i just wanted to check before i ruin my motherboard or wifi card! thank you for your video ! 😊
Glad it helped
Thank you, I knew this to be true, but doubted myself, and all the people on the internet confused me more.
@bike goddess 👍
so, I can put a 10gb Network card in a 16x slot? my 4080 covers my regular 8x slot....
Although now is 2021, it's helpful to me! Great! Thank you.
x16 is both lanes and form factor, you use them interchangeably but it would be good to disambiguate
very usefull your video I am looking for this explanation for several days thank
Hi there. Just a question. Will a pci 3.0 x4 installed in a pcie 2.0 x16 work as a 3.0x4 or as 2.0x4? In terms of bandwidth
@IntoTheVortex 2.0 x4
Thanks a lot that cleared my doubt, now i can go on go for my build
I have a wifi card that is PCIe x1. I had plugged it into the PCIe x1 slot in the motherboard, but it stays right in front of the graphics card fans, compromising it's cooling. I was thinking of moving it to the second x16, which is available and farther from the gpu, giving it more room to breath. So it's totally ok? Wont affect the wifi card permormance at all?
Thank you for the presentation.
I exactly now would buy a Asus Lan Network card.
But I wasn't sure that work the X4 Interface on the X16 slot.
(My Motherboard is a ASUS B250F. )
Thanks so much. It’s the video I am looking for 🎉
Video under rated. Smash that like button!!
I totally didn't know that! Thank you so much!
You are welcome
Thank you for making this video. You answered my question!
Thanks for the explanation. I have few questions. Is this applicable only for GPUs? Can I use x1 sound card on x16 slot? Will there be any performance factor on using x1 sound card on x16 slot?
hey man thanks alot for the video!
thanks very useful for future motherboard upgrade for my ASUS Xonar STX soundcard PCIe x1
Thank you for sharing this!
Awesome thanks i did wonder about this for my new build.
Great video!! Question tho, how do I know if my card is compatible with my motherboard? I plugged it in and does not even show up as an unrecognized device
Is PCIEXP J41 different from the standard PCI express?
Does it slow down the other cards plugged in at the same time?
Thanks for the most excellent informative video
this video was so helpful thank you so much!!!
I did it I just wanted to make sire before my computer explode. Thanks for existing
Glad it helped.
Thank you, sir, very useful
great video, all my questions are answered. thank you :)
Thank you so much sir... Very simple explanation 😃 thank you so much ☺️☺️☺️ God Bless you ❣️🙏
Very clear and well-explained Thank you
could be explained in 1 minute.
PCI-e X16 downwards compatible to all PCI-e Slots because the limitation are the "pins". If it fits it works like cats.
good video, well explained. Thank you
Thanks! This video is still being helpful.
Glad to hear it!
Thank you ! very helpful information!
Very straight forward educational video thanks alot!
Can a x8 slot take a 4x and 1x card? As well as a 4x slot taking a 1x card as well? Or is this just something a x16 slot is capable of doing?
Thanks for making this clear!
This helped me very much have a nice day
I had a feeling it would work but i was still doubtful lol,they should make this more clear imagine how many people have wasted money thinking their wifi card wouldn’t work…..
Good explanation. Thank you
nice video gan, i have such problem and end up with this video
Great video, great explanation. Thank you.
Great explanation! Thanks a lot. This helps me with my current issue.
Glad it helped!
This was very helpful, thank you!
I put a wifi/bluetooth card into the pci 16x slot and my bluetooth isn't working but my wifi is working. Any thoughts?
You didn't talk about the fact that using multiple PCIE interface devices in multiple PCIE slots drastically lower the speed for the main PCIE bus lane.
So basically you didn't explain that if you have multiple PCIE slots in your PC and you are using the main x16 slot for your GPU and then you ALSO use another PCIE slot on your motherboard that is also 16x for another device, then the lanes get shared whether the second slot is used for another VGA card or PCIE device and both lanes become x8. That means if you DO use two PCIE x16 slots then your Graphics card will run A LOT slower because another device is sharing the lanes. Look at page 1-8 on this manual to see what I'm talking about: dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/ROG_MAXIMUS_XI_FORMULA/E14940_ROG_MAXIMUS_XI_FORMULA_UM_V3_WEB.pdf
It explains the PCIe modes.
It's a simplified video explaining the differences in the size of the slot. It doesn't focus on incompatibilities or configuration changes on different motherboards.
Each motherboard is different, and the number of PCI-E lanes are dependent on total PCI-E lanes available from the CPU, and how the motherboard configuration is determined.
It's a simple video, and for those that just want to throw in a WiFi card for the first time, it's good enough for them. For those wanting to set up multi-GPU configurations, watch one of the larger channels like Linus Tech Tips or Techquickie that explain these conditions and limitations in far more detail.
thanks for this, my fat ass gpu was blocking my x1 so now its great to know i can put my network card in the spare x16 slot
Same i got a 1660 ti and its blocking that pci 🤣
My 2060 was blocking the 1x slot so I’m glad I found this video
I wish I found this video sooner I am just glad I haven't finish my pc yet
Summary: yes you can put any PCIe interfaces into PCIe 16x slot (ofc, as long as its not bigger than X16)
4:32 putting it in
hi!!! Ichanged my PC, and i was very confident to use a firewire PCI card in my new pc, and it figure out that the slot is PCIe x16... i was going to buy another firewire card PCIe, but they are all 1x, 4x and 8x. .. no x16 and I don't know which one to buy for my x16 slot... Can I put a x4 card to x16?? can you guide me?
Very informative video. Thanks!
Hello I have a question. I want to get an elgato 4K 60 pro capture card which supports pcie 2.0 x4 slots. My motherboard has an extra pcie 3.0 x 16 slot. Would the capture card be able to work in the 3.0 x16 slot ?
Thank you for the information