The one thing that people grumble about the most with P67/Z68 is the relatively small number of available PCIe lanes (16) for graphics cards. That's fixed on Z77 with PCIe Gen 3.0. Ivy Bridge ...

When PC gamers seek motherboards, they focus on numbers such as that of the M.2 slots, USB ports, or even the PCIe slots. Choosing a motherboard for your CPU means you'll be looking at many boards ...

PCIe 4.0 sounds exciting—it’s the first big change to the interface since 2010. But as always, the questions of who can get it (and who can’t), and who really needs it, are more nuanced than you’d ...

PCIexpress (PCIe) is one of the most important technologies on modern motherboards, helping to get the most from the fastest SSDs to the most powerful graphics cards. But depending on which board you ...

PC components have a finite number of channels that connect with the CPU. These channels are physically built into the CPU, the motherboard, and the components themselves — and they're called PCIe ...

So, me 8 months ago says something along the lines of "not really needing all those lanes, B550 will be fine for me." So, MSI Mag B550, 2 nvme drives (boot, games/apps), vid card, sound card...we are ...

It’s probably been a while since you’ve dealt with your computer’s motherboard. You don’t have to, as long as you simply sit at your PC or notebook and carry out everyday tasks. However, if you want ...

The Sonnet M.2 8x4 Silent Gen4 PCIe Card features a 48-lane PCI Express 4.0 compatible switch on its board, enabling support for various RAID configurations including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and JBOD ...