Gigabyte X570S AORUS PRO AX - Page 8

Expansion Slots  1 x PCI Express x16 slot (PCIEX16), integrated in the CPU:
- AMD Ryzen
™
5000 Series/3000 Series Processors
support PCIe 4.0 x16 mode
- AMD Ryzen
™
5000 G-Series/4000 G-Series/2000 Series Processors
support PCIe 3.0 x16 mode
- AMD Ryzen
™
3000 G-Series/2000 G-Series Processors
support PCIe 3.0 x8 mode
 1 x PCI Express x16 slot (PCIEX8), integrated in the CPU:
- AMD Ryzen
™
5000 Series/3000 Series Processors
support PCIe 4.0 x8 mode
- AMD Ryzen
™
5000 G-Series/4000 G-Series/2000 Series Processors
support PCIe 3.0 x8 mode
- AMD Ryzen
™
3000 G-Series/2000 G-Series Processors do not support this slot
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed,
be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
* The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is
populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode.
 1 x PCI Express x16 slot (PCIEX4), integrated in the Chipset:
- Supporting PCIe 4.0
(Note 2)
/3.0 x4 mode
Multi-Graphics
Technology
(Note 3)
 Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire
™
and 2-Way AMD CrossFire
™
technologies
Storage Interface  1 x M.2 connector (M2A_CPU), integrated in the CPU, supporting Socket 3,
M key, type 2242/2280/22110 SSDs:
- AMD Ryzen
™
5000-Series/3000 Series Processors
support SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
- AMD Ryzen
™
5000 G-Series/4000 G-Series/3000 G-Series/2000 Series/
2000 G-Series Processors
support SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSDs
 1 x M.2 connector (M2B_SB), integrated in the Chipset, supporting Socket 3,
M key, type 2242/2280/22110 SSDs:
- Supporting PCIe 4.0
(Note 2)
/3.0 x4/x2 SSDs
 1 x M.2 connector (M2C_SB), integrated in the Chipset, supporting Socket 3,
M key, type 2242/2280/22110 SSDs:
- Supporting SATA and PCIe 4.0
(Note 2)
/3.0 x4/x2 SSDs
 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors, integrated in the Chipset:
- Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10
* Refer to "1-8 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA
connectors.
(Note 2) For AMD Ryzen
™
5000 Series/3000 Series Processors only.
(Note 3) For AMD Ryzen
™
5000 Series/5000 G-Series/4000 G-Series/3000 Series/2000 Series Processors only.
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