Inspiron 5675, motherboard PCIe x16 slots running at x8 speed?

pcie 8x slot   Dan pcie slot x16

Therefore, some PCIe x16 slots might only have x8 PCIe lanes Usually, this wouldn't be problematic, even if you want to attach a GPU card to it

Should work fine, it's the same as putting a 16x card in to a slot that's only wired for 8x or 4x, you don't get the full bandwidth but it will The PCIe x8 Gen3 backplane supports a PCIe Gen3 target cable adapter installed in the OSS target slot and up to one or more PCIe x16 expansion cards

troll faces slot the PCIe slot There are essentially four types of PCIe slots differentiated by their lane count The adapter card converts the 8X socket on the motherboard to the 16X connector, which greatly improves the application of the motherboard No driver, no jumper