One of the salient points of the next generation Ryzen 3000 CPUs coming next month was the support around PCIe 4.0. As the successor to PCIe 3.0, offering double the bandwidth and a range of other optimizations, the combination of the new technology paired with existing and new AM4 motherboards was always going to generate a bit of an issue with support. AMD, through a Reddit post, and confirmed by our sources at AMD’s partners, has clarified the issue.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/14477...r-motherboards
AMD Confirms PCIe 4.0 Not Coming to Older Motherboards
3rd June 2019, 08:09
AMD Confirms PCIe 4.0 Not Coming to Older Motherboards 
