Can you explain the different versions of PCIe ?

PCIe x16 slots for powerful graphics processing It's important to note that while these are the most common PCIe slot configurations, motherboard

Not asked, but nice to know: A PCI-e v3 card will run fine on an PCI-e v2 slot – Hennes Commented Apr 23, 2014 at 18:41 Add a comment 2

pcie x4 in x16 slot PCIe Gen 3 was unable to accommodate the full bandwidth of high-speed PCIe NVMe SSDs This was effectively creating a bottleneck in SSD performance PCIe Gen 4

pcie slot bracket PCIe supports PCIe Gen 1, PCIe Gen 2, and PCIe Gen 3 devices PCIe With options for 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, and 16x slot configurations