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Pcie confusion (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by mArKoLeW@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Hi I am configuring a custom server right now and I am unsure whether I understand pcie correctly. Currently I am looking into adding a network card (specifically the Intel x520-da2) which is a pcie 2.0 x8 card. But my Mainboard only supports pcie 3.0 x4. If I understand the compatibility with pice correctly I should still get the full bandwidth of the dual 10Gbps right?

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[–] Still@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

it will run at 2.0x4 which should be plenty fast for two 10Gbps ports as it should still do 2GB/s

tho there are always a chance of weird hardware incompatibilities, soo google you motherboard and the nic