What is PCIe? Understanding PCIe Slots, Cards and Lanes

All PCIe slots are backward compatible, so if you have an older-generation card, it will work just fine without any trouble This way you can

Put in the x16 slot You will lose performance using a x4 slot for sure No real reason to put it in the lower slot, just would look odd

candy witch slot PCIe Gen 4 is the latest and fastest PCIe standard available on motherboards and compatible CPUs PCIe Gen 4 cards can accommodate the full bandwidth that

can you put a pcie x4 in a x16 slot put it in the second slot first Damn waste of performance haha 13 PCI Express x16 vs x4