Expansion Slots - Biostar B550GTA Manual

2.5 Expansion Slots

PCI1: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots
• The PCI slots support cards used in PCs include: LAN cards, sound cards, modems, TV
tuner cards and other cards that comply with PCI standard.
PEX16_1: PCI-Express (Gen3/ Gen4) x16 Slot
• PCI-Express 3.0 compliant. Theoretical maximum bandwidth using two slots
simultaneously is 16GB/s for each slot, a total of 32GB/s.
• PCI-Express 4.0 compliant. Theoretical maximum bandwidth using two slots
simultaneously is 32GB/s for each slot, a total of 64GB/s. (Matisse Only)
• Supports x16 lanes with AMD® Ryzen™ 3rd Gen processors. (Matisse Only)
• Supports x8 lanes AMD® Ryzen™ with Radeon Vega Graphics processors. (depended on
CPU)
PEX16_SB_1: PCI-Express (Gen3) x16 Slot (x4 lanes)
• PCI-Express 3.0 compliant.
• Theoretical maximum bandwidth using two slots simultaneously is 4GB/s for each slot, a
total of 8GB/s.
• Support x4 bandwidth, when using PCIe x1 slots (PEX1_1/ PEX1_2/ PEX1_3 ), PCIe x16
slot (PEX16_SB_1) will be adjusted to x1 lanes.
PEX1_1/ PEX1_2/ PEX1_3: PCI-Express (Gen3) x1 Slot
• PCI-Express 3.0 compliant.
• Data transfer bandwidth up to 1GB/s per direction; 2GB/s in total.
M2_PCIE-SATA1/ M2_PCIE-SATA2: (M Key) Socket
• The M.2 slot supports M.2 Type 2242/2260/2280 SSD module. When installing M.2 SSD
module, please place the screw and hex pillar to correct position.
• M2_PCIE-SATA1:
Support M.2 SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4 x4
(64Gb/s) - NVMe/ AHCI SSD.
• M2_PCIE-SATA2:
Support M.2 SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4
(32Gb/s) - NVMe/ AHCI SSD.
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