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ASRock Z77 Extreme9 Motherboard
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2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)
There are 7 PCI Express slots and 1 mini-PCI Express slot on this motherboard.
PCIE slots:
PCIE1 / PCIE5 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane
width graphics cards, or to install PCI Express graphics cards to support
CrossFireX
TM
or SLI
TM
function.
PCIE3 / PCIE7 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x8 lane
width graphics cards, or to install PCI Express graphics cards to support
CrossFireX
TM
or SLI
TM
function.
PCIE2 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width
graphics cards.
PCIE4 (PCIE 2.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graph-
ics cards or ASRock Game Blaster.
PCIE6 (PCIE 2.0 x1 slot) is used for a PCI Express x1 lane width card,
such as a Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc.
MINI_PCIE1 (mini-PCIE slot) is used for WiFi + BT module.
PCIE Slot Con
fi
gurations
PCIE1 PCIE2 PCIE3 PCIE5 PCIE7
Single Graphics Card
N/A
x16 N/A N/A N/A
Two Graphics Cards in
x16 N/A N/A x16 N/A
CrossFireX
TM
or SLI
TM
Mode
Three Graphics Cards in
x8 N/A x8 x16 N/A
3-Way CrossFireX
TM
or
3-Way SLI
TM
Mode
Four Graphics Cards in
x8 N/A x8 x8 x8
4-Way CrossFireX
TM
or
4-Way SLI
TM
Mode
