1 additional PCI-Express x1 slot is needed

2 PCIe®NVMe®SSDs, will reduce bandwidth and lower performance by at least x1 Lane x2 Lane x4 Lane 250 MBs 500 MBs 1 GBs 500 MBs

Intel Z790 LGA 1700 ATX motherboard with PCIe® , three slots, 14 1 x PCIe x1 slot * Please check the PCIe bifurcation table on the

pcie 2 slot Enable PCIe · Boot from PCIe · PCIe Gen · Power button · Restart · Hard shutdown 2 W; Boot from USB mass storage; Known issues; Special -only

pcie 4 card in pcie 3 slot It provides more bandwidth than an x1 slot and is commonly used for various expansion cards, including storage controllers, RAID cards, and some sound cards