cm0002@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoASRock's new motherboard comes bristling with 25 USB ports for connectivity aficionados — AMD X870 LiveMixer WiFi hits the market at $229www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down10
arrow-up182arrow-down1external-linkASRock's new motherboard comes bristling with 25 USB ports for connectivity aficionados — AMD X870 LiveMixer WiFi hits the market at $229www.tomshardware.comcm0002@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoFrom what I’ve read,it’s that the 870 chipset mandates a PCIe 5 slot which means less lanes for more slots.
minus-squareHakFoo@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoAnd the tendency to provide numerous m.2 slots. Give me an x4 slot and I can slide a m.2 adaptor in, but if it goes the other way, it’s only by way of a janky hacky mess.
From what I’ve read,it’s that the 870 chipset mandates a PCIe 5 slot which means less lanes for more slots.
And the tendency to provide numerous m.2 slots.
Give me an x4 slot and I can slide a m.2 adaptor in, but if it goes the other way, it’s only by way of a janky hacky mess.