Well, I finally found a mobo that had the features I like plus more! It's an MSI board and it was more than I wanted to spend but I'm really excited about it. It's an MSI Meg X570 UNIFY! It has PCIe 4.0, onboard USB and Bluetooth. 12+2+1 power phase with an equal amount of quality chokes and a great interface! Unfortunately, I had to buy a 4.0 riser cable as well and it wasn't cheap at all! I hope to have everything installed and running by Saturday. I'm super excited! Later, I'll be adding a better… See More
cooler for my CPU.
Maybe you can set the slot to run at 3.0.
4.0 does nothing for GPUs yet, and won't for a while yet.
I understand the 4.0 cable if that option isn't available, but i'd have expected an option in the BIOS to make it run at 3.0 spec.
Worth trying, as you may be able to return the 4.0 riser and use a cheaper 3.0 one.
Though ofc it depends on quality, if the 4.0 is built for a higher spec and therefore actually better quality.
Riser cables are notorious for failing.
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