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Actually, you can install your ssd in the _1 slot and still have your gpu run at x16 as AlderlakeRaptorlake cpu's have 20 pcie lanes or 16 pcie

Understand that the Z840 has Gen 3 PCIe slots According to the PCIe specs, the GPU should fall back to Gen 3 speeds Is

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candy dreams slot Hence it should be technically possible to go with a host card in x8 to achievetransport the same bandwidth for a 0 x4