• technotony@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    The desktop equivalent is “What happened to all my PCIe expansion slots?!”

    (Note: processor PCIe lane count has gone up, used to be like 16 from CPU, 4 from chipset, since a GPU didn’t need an x1x6 in terms of bandwidth - see SLI/crossfire. These days, it’s just that many lanes go to M.2, with each using up to 4 lanes - vs having 6 SATA driven off the chooser)

    • Pika@sh.itjust.works
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      16 hours ago

      this is my main reason I have not upgraded. Less PCIE slots than my system uses currently so I’de have to downgrade