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You don't need PCIe support to run Nvidia's RTX 3000 series or AMD's Radeon RX 6000 range, and the performance increase isn't as noticeable

You can insert a PCIe SSD card into a motherboard with PCIe slots, but this SSD won't be able to make full use of the higher bandwidth

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