Does my computer have pci-e slots????

Question

any software or any tips on how to find out if my computer has pci e slots?

Specs:

HP media center pc, m8000 series

bought it january, 2008

Answer 1

Yes, it should have one PCIe x16 slot.

Answer 2

I looked up your model and it appears you have one PCI-E slot. Most of the newer computers are compatible with PCI-E.

Answer 3

There are three models in m8000 catagory

Have a link to go through your product specification & manual,

& to have solution to your problem,

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodT...

1.HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8000e CTO Desktop PC

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodi...

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docum...

Two PCI

One PCI Express x16 graphics

One PCI Express x1 (for cards such as network, sound, tv-tuner

2.HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8000n Desktop PC

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docum...

Two PCI

One PCI Express x16 graphics

One PCI Express x1 (for cards such as network, sound, tv-tuner

3.HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8000y CTO Desktop PC

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docum...

Three PCI

One PCI Express x16 graphics

Two additional PCI when using an optional PCI extender card. This requires a full sized ATX case

Answer 4

I haven't looked, but I'll go with the answers above that state that it does.

Your question also asked if there is a software you can download to find out. Yes, there is! GPU-Z.

1.Main page with info and a screenshot.

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

(See on the sceenshot where it ->Bus Interface? To the right, in the 'box', it shows->PCI-E x16@x16.  This means on this computer, it has a PCI-Express x16 slot, and it's operating at x16,{16 Lanes}.

(Some motherboards have two, or more PCI-Express x16 slots. On some of them when two graphics cards are used, one operates at 16x, and the other one only operates at 8x. If your computer has two graphics cards operating, and you use this utility,{GPU-Z}, you would have two screens, and two tabs on top. It would show you whether both graphic cards are operating at 16x, or one at 16x, and one at 8x.)

(That's why I like the XFX nForce 680i LT SLI motherboard. When two graphics cards are being used, BOTH operate at 16X!)

2.Download page: http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/Sys... (Just click on the Blue->TechPowerUp GPU-Z v0.2.7)