Does it Matter Which PCI-E SLOT you Use?

You may have wondered which slot you're supposed to install a graphics card into on a motherboard when there's more than one slot

Does it Matter Which PCI-E SLOT you Use? For instance, we have a Micro ATX motherboard with two PCIe x16 slots, but one is a true PCIe x16 slot while the other is actually a PCIe

You may have wondered which slot you're supposed to install a graphics card into on a motherboard when there's more than one slot

2 slot linear diffuser 53mm max height with 3-Slot GPU 58mm max height with GPU 63mm max 73mm max height with 2-Slot GPU 78mm max height with GPU 83mm

Thunderbolt 4,3 & USB4 · Thunderbolt 2 or 1 · NVMe NGFF · Mini PCIe · Express Card

24 slot wallet If everything isn't equal, than a triple-slot card could actually put less stress on the slot than a double slot card; a triple slot cooler

Just by looking at the picture of the board on the linked website, the second slot says PCI 16_2, which would say to me that it's a PCIe 3 x16