PCI-e white slot?

• Call4ljw

  15 May 10, 14:41

  I noticed that alot of the current 1366 socket motherboards have 2 pci-e blue and 1 white slot. Why is that so? Any difference with the white slot?

• AmuletxHeart

  15 May 10, 15:06

  I think that the blue ones are PCI-e and the white ones are normal PCI. Can show picture?

• AmuletxHeart

  15 May 10, 15:06

  I think that the blue ones are PCI-e and the white ones are normal PCI. Can show picture?

• Call4ljw

  15 May 10, 15:56

  According to http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/1887_2.html

  it is PCI-e x16.

  Other motherboards like the rampage 2 extreme also have the 2blue + 1white format.

• Raraken

  15 May 10, 19:21

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

  I noticed that alot of the current 1366 socket motherboards have 2 pci-e blue and 1 white slot. Why is that so? Any difference with the white slot?

  White slots run @ x4

• Call4ljw

  15 May 10, 22:46

  Originally posted by Raraken:

  White slots run @ x4

   So weird...why like that?

  Not even the highly priced rampage ii have 3 pcie x16. -_-

• Raraken

  16 May 10, 14:56

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

   So weird...why like that?

  Not even the highly priced rampage ii have 3 pcie x16. -_-

  Board complexity. Full x16 requires more data pins and board traces. x16 @ x4 mode requires just power pins beyond the x4 data connections.

   

  Besides, x4 is all you need to initiate CFX/SLi.