It is relevant, SOHO boards still use PCIE 3.0 to attach NICs, i.e. https://tech4gamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/B650-AORUS-ELITE-AX-Block-Diagram-896x102

It is relevant, SOHO boards still use PCIE 3.0 to attach NICs, i.e. https://tech4gamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/B650-AORUS-ELITE-AX-Block-Diagram-896x1024.jpg https://tech4gamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/B650-AORU... Agree that 10G would be still better, but OEMs couldn't write 10G on their hw while it is capped to 7Gb