Z97 pci-e question

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So I decided to move to the promised land of wifi and bought an asus pce-ac wifi card.

Since both pci-e 1x slots are just above and just below the graphics card I decided to put it in the middle pci-e x16 slot to not have the cards so insanely close to each other, which makes them run at 8x. It doesn't really matter at all I know and everything works just fine.

What I'm curious about is if I can put it in the lower/third pci-e 16x (Assuming it's pci-e 2.0) slot and free up cpu lanes? I'm in the dark about chipset lanes, PLX and all that jazz. :huh:

Motherboard is asus z97ar.

 

[Kilbane]

From what I can see in the manual, Place the WiFi card down in the bottom PCIe 2.0 slot, then you will have the full 16x 3.0 back available on your GPU in the first slot.

 

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From what I can see in the manual, Place the WiFi card down in the bottom PCIe 2.0 slot, then you will have the full 16x 3.0 back available on your GPU in the first slot.

Yes. Changed slot and cpu-z says x16 width. =) Thanks dude, really appreciate it! :notworthy:^_^

Funny. When I was done I noticed a had 1 less bar in my wifi signal. And I couldn't figure out why. :headscratch: After about 10 minutes I realized I had forgotten to reconnect the cables to the card going to the antennas. DOH! But almost full coverage with the antennas not even connected is pretty sweet haha! :lol::lol: