SOLVED Sound card and PCIE slots

[DaaG]

Am I correct with being able to put a PCIe x1 card in a PCIE x 4/8/16 slot?

This is for a sound card, I have a GTX570 triple slot card and it looks like the x1 slot would be right on the fans of the card, so if I move it to a x8/16 slot the spacing would be good.

 

[pigpottomus]

Yea i believe you should be able to. My bro did the opposite, he had an x16 graphics card on a x1 and it worked, just not as good.

 

[EarthDog]

Yea i believe you should be able to. My bro did the opposite, he had an x16 graphics card on a x1 and it worked, just not as good.

A 16x card cannot fit in a 1x slot... physical slot that is. I assume you mean electrical?

 

[pigpottomus]

A 16x card cannot fit in a 1x slot... physical slot that is. I assume you mean electrical?

Oops, I should have said that he used an x1 extension to x16 also.
It was something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-PCI-E-E...506?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a299ae14a

 

[Desync]

Oops, I should have said that he used an x1 extension to x16 also.
It was something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-PCI-E-E...506?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a299ae14a

Seems like that would drastically hender the card.

 

[DaaG]

Back on topic tho, a 1x card can go into a x16 slot and work correct? it physically fits no problem.

 

[pigpottomus]

Yes it should. They kind of share the same ports, just that the x16 is longer than the x1.

 

[Desync]

Yes it will work in a x16 slot

 

[DaaG]

Thanks guys, that's what I thought, just wanted to confirm.

 

[NiHaoMike]

A 16x card cannot fit in a 1x slot... physical slot that is. I assume you mean electrical?

A x16 card will fit in an open back x1 slot as long as nothing else blocks it. (And it's pretty easy to open the back with a knife.) I actually did that with an old N7700 NAS in order to add a video card for getting a local console on a Ubuntu install.

 

[Firas]

Good day
so this means that i can use my usb 3,0 pcie in y pci 16 slot ??

Thank u