Despite the trend in shrinking PC sizes, larger desktop towers with ATX motherboards are still popular — and for fiends who want to get the most out of their systems, these have a secret weapon: PCIe ...

Fan header placement could be better Some M.2 ports steal GPU PCIe lanes B650 boards are cheaper and just as fast If you want to build a clean white PC then you'll need a motherboard that fits your ...

Typically, graphics cards use PCI Express x16 slots. That's a PCIe slot configured with sixteen individual data lanes. These data lanes are physical connections, and that's why an "x16" slot is so ...

PC components have a finite number of channels that connect with the CPU. These channels are physically built into the CPU, the motherboard, and the components themselves — and they're called PCIe ...

When you're looking at motherboard features for your next PC build or upgrade, one of the most important specifications is how many PCIe lanes it supports, thanks to the combination of CPU and chipset ...