RX 580 NITRO+ 8GB runs only PCIe x1

The motherboard has one X16 PCIe slot and some X1 slots The X16 slot I needed for my HBA-card which my hard drives connect to That

A PCIe x1 slot has one lane and can move data at one bit per cycle Most GPUs require a PCIe x16 slot to operate at their full potential

pcie slot length The PCIe x1 Gen2 Host PCIe cable adapter installs easily into a computer's PCIe slot A PCIe cable can then be plugged into the adapter to extend the PCIe bus

pcie 4 in pcie 3 slot PCI-E X16 Slots can run in x1, x4 , x8 and x16 modes so you can install a x1 card in a x16 slot without worries of shorting anything as long