Are PCI (not PCIe) riser cables any good? I have a Slot 1 PC that was giving me all sorts of stability problems until I realised my Vortex 2 kept backing itself out of its slot. Getting it to fit is ...

PCI and PCI-X are not directly compatible, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that means you’re out of luck if you need to use a PCI-X card in a machine that only has basic PCI slots. And yet, that ...

If you've ever wanted to show off your GPU vertically or convert a spare PCIe slot into M.2 slots, you probably know about PCIe riser cables. These PCIe extenders bring added flexibility to your PC, ...

PCI and PCI-X are not directly compatible, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that means you’re out of luck if you need to use a PCI-X card in a machine that only has basic PCI slots. And yet, that ...

A shiny new gaming PC is an investment, and the last thing you want to do is undermine it with a small, deceptively risky component. PCIe risers are essentially extensions for PCIe slots, allowing ...

I see and have owned a bunch of x16 risers that are fat ribbon cables. Is there something that bundles the fibers together so that it's a cable instead of a ribbon cable? I would like to thread it ...

(1) A printed circuit board for low-profile motherboards. The peripheral controller cards plug into the riser card and sit parallel with the motherboard. See low-profile motherboard. (2) An expansion ...