It turns out that most Linuxers would rather have an inferior piece of software that they can fix over a fancy proprietary piece of software that they can't.
I think that's the best one sentence summary of the mind-set of the linux community I've ever seen...
PCI Express is normally shortend to PCI-E or PCIe
Your plan will not work with this motherboard.
I think that's the best one sentence summary of the mind-set of the linux community I've ever seen...