Is it okay to put Gen 3 SSD in my motherboards Gen 4 pcie slots?

Both PCIe and PCIe are backward and forward compatible Remember those high-speed components that use PCIe slots

PCIe buses can support 1x, 4x, 8x, and 16x lanes PCIe has an effective transfer speed of up to 985 MBs per lane which means there is a potential transfer

pcie 30 x1 slot Two types of PCIe slot on an Asus H81M-K motherboard Various slots on a computer motherboard, from top to bottom: PCI Express x4; PCI Express x16; PCI Express

pcie slot pinout Acer FA100 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen3 x 4 SSD Capacity: 1 TB; Interface: PCIe Gen3 x4, 2 slot While the