PCIe 1x Cards

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Synomenon

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Ok so I have a new motherboard. PCIe 16x and the standard PCI slot are filled. What can I put in my PCIe 1x slots? I have one on each side of the 16x slot.

I've looked around and all I can find for these slots are lots of controller cards:

USB
firewire
SATA
USB / firewire combos.
USB / firewire / SATA combos.
SATA RAID
ethernet
IDE
parallel
serial
parallel / serial combos.
express port adapters (For some reason, these cards don't really use the PCI-express bus for data. Instead they transfer data through USB.)
wifi
TV tuners
video cards

What else is out there for these slots? Do you actually use your PCIe 1x slot(s)? If so, what do you have in it / them?
 
Are you just trying to fill the slot, or do you actually need something your computer doesnt have?
 
PCMCIA slots. Which you can then have no idea what to put in. :D

pcie101stlargeur3.jpg


You could always skip this, and get some nice headphones?
 
enginurd said:
Are you just trying to fill the slot, or do you actually need something your computer doesnt have?
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Just trying to fill the slots.


ashmedai said:
PCMCIA slots. Which you can then have no idea what to put in. :D

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5923/pcie101stlargeur3.jpg

You could always skip this, and get some nice headphones?
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I mentioned above that those express card adapters don't actually transfer data through the PCI-express bus. They do it through USB, that's why they all have internal USB ports on them. They only get power through the PCIe 1x slot. Nothing more.
 
Are those the ones that were on sale for $0.01 after rebate at ClubIT? Was tempted to get one, but my PC is only a foot away from my router so I don't really need wifi.

Can't believe how low the price is on those things. How well does it work?
 
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