I just started building my new image processing computers and decided on the Gigabyte X99-SLI MB. A great deal landed me the GC-USB3.1 PCIe card for free and following the instructions it says it can be mounted in a PCIe X4, X8, X16 slot. This is something new to me so I'm looking for some verification on just what boards can be mounted in those slots. My evidently old impression is that only video cards were to be mounted in those slots. And as such, the 1st slot was to hold the video card if only one was used. I'm not interested in gaming so I'll only benefit from one good video card as the programs I use don't gain from video acceleration. The board has 4 PCIe X16 slots and three PCIe X1 slots, of which the first is covered if the video card is installed. Of particular interest is if the StarTech PCI4S55ON which is a 4 port serial adapter PCI card will work in any of these slots? My limited knowledge says no. I have to admit the technology has changed so much since my last build 3 years ago. Any education you can share is very welcomed. The final build is to be this GA-X99-SLI/32GB RAM/GeForce GTX 750 Ti/Samsung 850 EVO 1TB/DVD/ additional WD Black 3 TB drives for data storage.
Thanks
Steve
Thanks
Steve
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