Explaining PCIe Slots

Looks like most recent ATX motherboards have a dramatically reduced number of PCIe slots

Almost all motherboards offer a mixture of long and short PCI-E slots A full-length 89mm slot can support the fastest data rates, by

pcie slot splitter Also, PCI slots are the same sizes for all devices PCIe slots differ depending on which form factor it accepts The longest would be the 16-lane slot and, the

pcie m2 slot The standard supports an x32 slot, but these are rare because of the length An x16 slot accepts up to 16 lanes, but fewer lanes can be assigned