Maximus V Extreme Question about PCIe Slots

[danjw]

I wanted to know how the PCIe slots are configured. One review I saw said that the black PCIe slots are PCIe 2.0. But the manual indicates that the PCIe 16x that is black (Slot 3) PCIe 3.0/2.0 x8_2B, and indicates it is a Native slot (direct from the CPU) as opposed to the ones from the added PCIe 3.0 controller on Pages 1-25 and 1-26. To me it would make sense to have the PCIe 3.0 slots all red and the PCIe 2.0 slots in black. So which is it? Also, there are only 4 PCIe slot disable switches. So i am very confused. :-)

[Anzial]

Well, I asked a similar question and Shamino confirmed that the black pcie slot is native - ie whatever your CPU suppOrts. With sandy, it's pcie 2.0, with IB - 3.0.

[HiVizMan]

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread...th-2x-680-DC2s

Hope that helps

[danjw]

Thank you for the responses, and yes they helped!