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    Intel XL710-QDA2 in PCIe 4.0 x 2 Slot?

    I want to directly connect two computers using two Intel XL710-QDA2 40Gbps PCIe 3.0 x8 cards. However, the only slot I have available on my MSI x670-P Wi-Fi motherboard is a PCIe 4.0 x 2 slot (the physical slot size is x16). See "PCI_E4" in the diagram below: If the card I would put in the...
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    Downgraded PCIE lane speed/width?

    Hi, So I have been looking at how much lanes each of my pcie cards were using and saw something I am not sure about. I have 3 cards in my server. 1 Quadro P400 , a LSI 9201-8i and a Realtek 2.5gb/s nic with 2 ports. My cpu is a Ryzen 5 2600 which has 20 pcie lanes. My worries is that when...
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    PCIe lane confusion

    Hello Everyone in this fantastic forum. I've already gotten a ton of help here, but now I've run in to another question. I'm planning on building a NAS server. I want it to run Unraid as OS, but I also want a Plex Media Server running on it and probably also a website. All fine so far, then I...
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    Router Build Question

    Hi All, thanks in advance for any help. I am trying to setup a 10gbe PFSense server on some Supermicro hardware that I bought on eBay. I am trying to figure out if I have enough PCIe lanes for both the 10gbe NIC and a Samsung 970 evo in one of these enclosures. Any thoughts? Separately, does...