That sounds like a job for my Dremel wheel!! *whiiizzzzzzzzzzz*x8 cards work in an x4 slot, you may have to modify either the slot or the card.
In my experience the slot is a better option, while harder to get to you are a lot less likely to destroy hardware as you are only removing a bit of plastic at the end and not cutting any pcb or traces. Steady hands and a sharp exacto knife is all you need: even, steady and light pressure so if it slips you don't slice into the board.
If you are lucky your board already has open-ended x4 slots.
x4 2.0 is plenty of bandwidth for 1x10Gbe.
It's the Supermicro™ way!My motherboard has plenty of x8 slots, but the remaining ones are only 4x eletrical, hence my question. I want to get a X520-DA1 for instance and put that to use.
if it physically fits it'll work no problem. I have a few 10gbe single port cards in x4 electrical (x8 physical) slots and they saturate my data tubes at maximum ratesMy motherboard has plenty of x8 slots, but the remaining ones are only 4x eletrical, hence my question. I want to get a X520-DA1 for instance and put that to use.
Congratz on reviving a 2 year old threadIt's the Supermicro™ way!
This information is forever relevant, thanks to the help of the Googles.Congratz on reviving a 2 year old thread
But yeah, dremel works.
2 yr necro, FTW!Congratz on reviving a 2 year old thread
But yeah, dremel works.
yesCan I run a ConnectX-3 dual port 10gbit on pcie 3.0 x4? Will it become a bottleneck?