CPU/Mobo CPU vs PCIe

[DJWARLORD]

I was building a PC for gaming and found this on the intel website.

http://ark.intel.com/products/71071/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G2010-3M-Cache-2_80-GHz

Expansion Options
PCI Express Revision 2.0

Does this mean that the CPU wont support PCIe v3 which is found on GA-H61M-D2H

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4002#sp

Thanks for the advice.

 

[cranky]

Read the specs properly on the motherboard page:

1 x PCI Express x1 slot
(All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

Differences between PCI 2.0 and 3.0 will become apparent under heavy compute workloads with multiple graphic cards, not something a mainstream user or even a gamer will experience.

The *only* advantage that PCIe 3.0 offers is double bandwidth in Crossfire/SLI, when x8/x8 (@PCIe 3.0) offers same bandwidth as x16/x16 (@PCIe 2.0) and then again only at resolutions above 4MP (multi-monitor, or 27"+ high-resolution panel).

None of those usage situations are achievable with the above combination.