SSD pcie gen 3

will a gen 4 ssd work in a gen 3 slot   Dan willys hot chillies slot

Q1) will the Gen 3 operate on x16 or will it be x8 or x4 coz, the specs says A top end gen4 graphics card with a 16x connector, if installed in a 4x gen3 slot

There seem to be some Gen 4 x4 NVMe 2230 drives in stock at various shops So I have a pair of questions: 1) The HAT is Gen 3 and I read that Gen Gen 4 SSDs work at Gen 3 speeds If your laptop's chipset supports PCIe Gen 4, they will work at Gen 4 speeds

slot machina Gen4 drives often have betternewer hardware so will run better in a Gen3 slot than a native Gen3 drive in many if not most cases, but you PCIe supports PCIe Gen 1, PCIe Gen 2, and PCIe Gen 3 devices PCIe Gen 4 will be compatible with PCIe Gen 5 A PCIe Gen 4 device, however, will