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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: BasJon on August 03, 2011, 11:56:18 am

Title: Help gigabyte GA-X58-USB3
Post by: BasJon on August 03, 2011, 11:56:18 am

Hello Can anyone help me I am thinking of buying a new OCZ Revodrive, I see they require a pci express x4 port, and my board only states it has 3 pci express x16 and 1 pci express x1 slots, so is it possible to use this drive say in one of my x16 graphic card slots. I currently have one ati 5870 using one x16 slot, all other slots are empty thank you, to add I am currently using a ocz agility 2 90gb drive which is quite good, I was thinking of upgrading to the new revision 3 agility drive but noticed my board doesnt support a 6 gb sata port any help would be really appreciated many thanks :)

Title: Re: Help gigabyte GA-X58-USB3
Post by: Dark Mantis on August 03, 2011, 08:59:01 pm

Hi and welcome.

The board wil run the OCZ Revodrive with very little trouble. I have tried installing one on my X58A-UD7 and it installs perfectly in one of the other slots. All PCIE slots are interchangeable with other cards as long as they physically fit in the slot. A 4x card will fit in a 8x or 16x slot with no problem.