Motherboards Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H PCI Express lanes?

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  1. Nicho133

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    Hey everyone, I'm planning to upgrade to the Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H. http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4518#sp

    The thing that I am a bit confused with is this:
    1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
    * The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with all PCI Express x1 slots. All PCI Express x1 slots will become unavailable when a PCIe x4 expansion card is installed.

    I understand that if I put a PCI Express x4 card into the x4 slot that all of the other x1 slots will be disabled, but what it doesn't mention is if a PCI Express card less then x4 is put into the x4 slot.

    Will it still disable all of the other PCI Express x1 slots if I insert a PCI Express x1 card into the x4 slot?

    Thanks for anyone's help :)
     

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