PCIe Gen 4 vs Gen 3: Do you need to spend extra on SSDs?

Hyper x16 Gen 4 Card｜Motherboards｜ASUS Global gen 4 ssd in gen 3 slot Yes, PCIe is both forwards and backwards compatible For example, this gen 4 NVMe SSD will work in a gen 3 PCIe slot, and a gen 3 NVMe SSD would also work gen 4 ssd in gen 3 slot Every motherboard has a number of PCIe slots used to add GPUs, SSDs, and RAID card etc For example, PCIe x8 refers to a Gen 4 expansion

genie jackpots slot 2 Slot is from the Ryzen 7 5700G then it will only support PCIe Found this tech site that explains that a Motherboard can have both PCIe and slots: