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What is the difference between a PCI slot and a PCI-Express slot?


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Gamla Stan, 26, SE | 3 years, 9 months ago (1 day, 3 hours after post)

PCI is an older standard with less bandwidth on it. Simply put, the things that plug into PCI-Express can move data a LOT faster.

Suffice it to say, neither is compatible with the other.

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Gamla Stan, 26, SE | 3 years, 9 months ago (1 day, 3 hours after post)

As a side note, communities for this post would be better made to be general, like “Computer” “PCI” etc.

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An Unknown Location | 3 years, 9 months ago (1 week, 3 days after post)

i believe pci express is for very fast graphics cards and no other devices and only newer(ish) motheboards have pci-e slots so if your thinkin of buying a pci-e graphics card and puttin it in a pci slot it wont fit and it wont work.

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