The next generation PCI Express 4. 0 is capable of performing twice the speed compared to previous 3rd generation. ASRock's exclusive Steel Slot with extra anchor points are revolutionary added to ensuresignal stability and also making sure heavy graphics cards to be well-installed in the PCI-E slot safely. Storage - 8 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug.