yas1320 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Hi Guys, I have the Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 motherboard, it has the following PCI Express Slot: 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8) * The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4) 1 x PCI Express x1 slot I was wondering, if i plug the Wifi card in the slot that is running at x4, will it reduce the download speeds of the wifi card? As i have my GPU in the first slot and if i install the wifi card in the 2nd slot, that will reduce the speed of the first slot. (if i'm right?) Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fahim S. MVC Posted July 25, 2016 MVC Share Posted July 25, 2016 Put the wifi card in the smallest slot it fits in. It should be fine at x4 as a x1 slot would mean ~8Gbps (v3) or ~15Gbps (v4) - your wifi card won't even come close to that let alone what a x4 slot will give you (~32Gbps and ~90Gbps, respectively). yas1320 and Xahid 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Stick it in the x4 slot, the throughput of the slot easily exceeds any Wifi connection speed. yas1320 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asharae Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 It will not matter if you plug it into x4 or x1 if i can remember correctly. The network speeds you would be getting would not be enough to saturate the x4. yas1320 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted July 25, 2016 Administrators Share Posted July 25, 2016 The first two slots appear to be for use with a dual video card setup, you should be able to get away with using the wifi card in the x4 or x1 slot (neither will reduce the bandwidth of your download speed) but you are right in that if you use it in the second slot, it will reduce the first one to x8 (for your GPU). yas1320 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahid Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 For the Wifi Card, just use 1 x PCI Express x1 slot ! yas1320 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yas1320 Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 thank you all for your help. You have all answered my question, I really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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