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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)
There are 7 PCI Express slots and 1 mini_PCI Express slot on this moth-
erboard.
Mini-PCIE Slots: MINI_PCIE1 is used for mini-PCIE cards.
PCIE slots: PCIE2, PCIE4 and PCIE6 (PCIE 2.0 x1 slots) are used for
PCI Express x1 lane width cards, such as a Gigabit LAN card or
SATA2 cards, etc.
PCIE1 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane
width graphics cards.
PCIE3 and PCIE5 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) are used for PCI Express
x8 lane width graphics cards, or used to install PCI Express
graphics cards to support CrossFireX
PCIE7 (PCIE 2.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width
graphics cards.
Single Graphics Card
Two Graphics Cards in
TM
CrossFireX
Three Graphics Cards in
3-Way CrossFireX
3-Way SLI
Four Graphics Cards in
4-Way CrossFireX
1. For better thermal environment, please connect a chassis fan to the
motherboard's chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1, CHA_FAN2 or
CHA_FAN3) when using multiple graphics cards.
2. Only PCIE1, PCIE3 and PCIE5 slots support Gen 3 speed. To run
PCI Express in Gen 3 speed, please install an Ivy Bridge CPU. If you
install a Sandy Bridge CPU, the PCI Express will run only at PCI
Express Gen 2 speed.
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PCIE Slot Configurations
PCIE1
TM
or SLI Mode
TM
or
TM
Mode
TM
ASRock Z77 Extreme11 Motherboard
TM
or SLI
PCIE3
x16 N/A
x8 N/A
x8 x8
x8 x8
TM
.
PCIE5 PCIE7
N/A N/A
x8 N/A
x8 N/A
x8 x4