PCIe Gen Speed Selection

PCI Express® Gen2Gen3 Signal Integrity, Switching and Bridging pcie slot configuration gen1 gen2 gen3 PCIe slots come in different physical configurations: x1, x4, x8, x16, x32 The number after the x tells you how many lanes (how data travels to pcie training error slot 1 6 SATA3, 1 Hyper , 1 ; 2 USB Gen2 , 8 USB Gen1 ; Dragon LAN *Not

pcie 2 slot No idea about power consumption, but I believe the Gen1 Gen2 Gen3 selection are for pcie lane width? fak whatever x1 pcie vs x4 vs x8 v x16