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Is PCIe bandwidth a practical limitation at the moment for consumers? While it means you can use fewer lanes off the CPU there is no practical reason for consumers to be upgrading often enough to utilize faster generations. My impression was that the later generations are for server applications where more efficient use of PCIe lanes is a real benefit.
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No, manufacturers had to redesign their mainboards vor v5, because the frequencies got so high they had to move components closer to the CPU. That and heat dissipation and efficiency issues in first generation, which are still somewhat present on current gen.
At least a few months ago, recommendation for new builds was to go with a v4 mainboard.
