5 Things to Know About the Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE PCIe Layout
- The primary PCIe x16 slot runs at PCIe 4.0 x16 directly from the CPU.
- A second PCIe 4.0 x16 slot runs at x4 through the chipset, suitable for add-on cards or a secondary GPU.
- There is a PCIe 3.0 x1 slot for smaller expansion cards.
- All PCIe slots are Gen 4 or better, avoiding last-gen bottlenecks.
- This board uses AMD’s AM5 platform, supporting PCIe 4.0 across the board.