Expansion Slots - Biostar A520MPT-E Manual

2.5 Expansion Slots

A520MPT-E | A520MPT | A520MT-E | A520MT | A520MS
PCIEX16: PCI-Express Gen3 x16 Slot
• PCI-Express 3.0 compliant. The maximum bandwidth of the PCIe slot is 32GB/s.
• Supports PCIe 3.0 x16 mode with AMD® Ryzen™ processors.
• Supports PCIe 3.0 x16 mode AMD® Ryzen™ with Radeon Vega Graphics processors.
PCIEX1_1/ PCIEX1_2: PCI-Express Gen3 x1 Slot
• PCI-Express 3.0 compliant.
• Data transfer bandwidth up to 1GB/s per direction; 2GB/s in total.
M2M_CPU: M.2 (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.
• Support M.2 SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) module and M.2 PCIe module up to Gen3 x4 (32Gb/s) -
NVMe & AHCI SSD.
B550MT | B550MS
PCIEX16: PCI-Express Gen3/Gen4 x16 Slot
• PCI-Express 3.0/4.0 compliant.
The maximum bandwidth of the PCIe slot is 32GB/s / 64GB/s.
• Supports PCIe 4.0 x16 mode with AMD® Ryzen™ processors.
• Supports PCIe 3.0 x16 mode AMD® Ryzen™ with Radeon Vega Graphics processors.
PCIEX1_1/ PCIEX1_2: PCI-Express Gen3 x1 Slot
• PCI-Express 3.0 compliant.
• Data transfer bandwidth up to 1GB/s per direction; 2GB/s in total.
M2M_CPU: M.2 (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.
• Support M.2 SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) module and M.2 PCIe module up to Gen4 x4 (64GB/s) -
NVMe & AHCI SSD.
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