# HL15 with only 8 lanes for HBA?

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**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [September 30, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/hl15-with-only-8-lanes-for-hba/1727 "2024-09-30T00:37:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/hl15-with-only-8-lanes-for-hba/1727/5 "2024-09-30T03:00:19Z")

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Thanks! That’s my bad, I was confused because the 8i card I have is x8 so I associated the 16i with being x16 but that is indeed not the case. That works great for me then.

Next question for me is if I pull the trigger and go with a 12th gen intel CPU or wait to see what the 15th gen motherboards look like.

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