PCIe 5.0

Your old PC doesn't need a new motherboard, just a $15 adapter and a faster drive

PCIe 5.0 SSDs only benefit two workloads, and gaming isn't one of them

I bought a 12,000MB/s SSD for gaming and learned an expensive lesson about bottlenecks

The mini PC spec I care about most isn't the CPU

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

Your PC's unused PCIe slot beats M.2 for expansion — and it's not even close

Upgrading to a PCIe 5.0 SSD isn't worth it if you already have a PCIe 3.0 drive

You're not missing out. Most people are just chasing diminishing returns.

Your PCIe expansion card might be running at half speed, and your motherboard probably didn't warn you

Your high-speed PCIe card might only be using half the PCIe lanes than it's capable of

PCIe 5.0 SSDs promised speed, but they mostly deliver heat

Having to deal with higher temps just isn't worth it.

Your SSD might be running at PCIE x2 speeds instead of x4, and here's how to check

You might not be getting the speeds you paid for

NVMe Gen 5 is twice as fast on paper, but I couldn't feel the difference in daily use

Take that theoretical bandwidth with a grain of salt.

4 things that can cut your NVMe SSD speed in half

Beware of these configuration errors when using your new blazing-fast drive

Forget about PCIe 5.0 — PCIe 3.0 SSDs are fast enough for 99% of users

Your PCIe 3.0 SSD has all the real-world performance of a PCIe 5.0 drive

5 biggest tech flops of the last decade, ranked

Where did they go?

PCIe 5.0 storage solved a problem almost nobody had

Gen5 SSDs are technical marvels, but most consumers just don't need one yet

PCIe 5.0 looks impressive, but it solved the wrong problem for desktops

7 years on, PCIe Gen 5 continues to be an enigma

Stop chasing Gen5 SSDs for gaming — you won't feel the difference

It's high time PC gamers stopped mistaking specs for performance

My SSD from 2019 proves that I still don't need a Gen 5 drive for modern AAA gaming

My PCIe 4.0 drive is still nowhere close to being a bottleneck

PCIe bifurcation is the most underrated PC feature nobody checks for

There might be a slot you missed while assembling your rig

Gen5 SSDs might be useless, but most people don't even need Gen4 drives

Your gaming PC won't saturate Gen4 bandwidth anytime soon

I'm ignoring the RTX 5000 series... and investing in faster storage instead

It might be apples to oranges, but both cost a pretty penny

Nearly five years later, you still don't need PCIe 5.0

PCIe 4.0 is still more than enough

4 smart ways to use PCIe bifurcation at home

There's more to your PCIe slots than meets the eye

PCIe 5.0 SSDs are insanely fast on paper, but they don't really make a difference in daily use

We've reached the point of diminishing returns

3 reasons I'm still not getting a PCIe 5.0 SSD

Impressive on paper, not in practice

6 motherboard features I care about a lot more than the chipset

A high-end chipset alone doesn't make a great motherboard