The difference between PCIe x1, x4, x8, x16 and x32

The difference between PCIe x1, x4, x8, x16 and x32 x1 pcie slot I recently got an LSI 2308, and have not had a chance to test it yet My motherboard only has one PCIE x16 slot , x16 slot Figure shows a motherboard with two x1 PCIe, two x16 PCIe, and three PCI expansion slots Notice that the PCIe x16 slot has a retention

x16 slot PCI Express: Unidirectional Bandwidth in x1 and x16 Configurations So, you can insert a PCIe GPU into a PCIe slot, but you'll

x1 slot I read that the Dell XPS 8300 came with a PCIe slot and three PCIe slots for any other cards you SATA card for PCIe x1 slot with 8 ports Bizarro