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Stop ignoring your spare PCIe x1 slot — it's more useful than half the upgrades you buy

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Stop ignoring your spare PCIe x1 slot — it's more useful than half the upgrades you buy
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Most PC builders never use more than one PCIe slot in the entire lifecycle of their system. Besides the primary x16 slot, all the other PCIe slots on most motherboards remain vacant for years. You may think the smallest of them, the PCIe x1 slot, is next to worthless, but it's one of the most powerful upgrade routes on your motherboard. Whether your rig is a bit dated or you want to enhance your motherboard's feature set anyway, the humble PCIe x1 slot is capable of much more than you think. You

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