Sabrent Rocket 4 2TB Gen 4 SSD is down to its lowest at $154 ($46

On 12th gen motherboard, what happens if you plug a Gen 3 SSD into a Gen 4 Slot and

It's both backward and forward compatible with newer or older generations via software or mechanical interface That means the PCIe devices

candy blitz slot Well yeah but if you put this card in an 8x slot then only two of the SSD's would work Wouldn't it just fall back to PCIe 3 speeds?

can you put a pcie x4 in a x16 slot From a numbers standpoint, it depends on the speed of your gen4 drive; but if your drive is capable of higher transfer speeds than gen3