Intel core ultra PCI-E lanes rant

ASRock’s got their manuals up. Arrow Lake’s 5x20 + 4x4 + DMI 4x8 + 2 USB 4/Thunderbolt 4 (3x8) and then there’s usually 4x16 user assignable off the Z890 (one 4x17).

mobo CPU Z890 PCIe 4.0 Z890 PCIe 3.0
Z890 Taichi 5x16, 5x4 M.2, 4x4 M.2 3xM.2, M.2/x4 2x gen 1, 5 GbE, 2.5 GbE
Z890 Taichi Lite 5x16, 5x4 M.2, 4x4 M.2 3xM.2, M.2/x4 2x gen 1, 5 GbE, 2.5 GbE
Z890 Steel Legend 5x16, 5x4 M.2, 4x4 M.2 2xM.2, 2x4(16) 2x gen 1, WiFi, 2.5 GbE
Z890 Pro RS 5x16, 5x4 M.2, 4x4 M.2 2xM.2, 2x4, x1, WiFi 2.5 GbE
Z890 Nova 5x16, 5x4 M.2, 4x4 M.2 3xM.2, M.2/x4(16) 2x gen 1, WiFi, 2.5 GbE
Z890 Live Mixer 5x16, 5x4 M.2, 4x4 M.2 2xM.2, 2x4(16), 2x gen 1, WiFi, 2.5 GbE
Z890 Riptide 5x16, 5x4 M.2, 4x4 M.2 3xM.2, M.2/x4(16), WiFi, 2.5 GbE 2x gen 1
Z890 Lightning 5x16, 5x4 M.2, 4x4 M.2 2xM.2, 2x4(16) 2x gen 1, WiFi, 2.5 GbE

Also, the couple MSIs I look at by default.

mobo CPU Z890 PCIe 4.0 Z890 PCIe 3.0
Z890 Carbon 5x16 or 5x8/x4/M.2, 5x4 M.2 2xM.2, x4(16) (no block diagram)
Z890 Tomahawk 5x16, 5x4 M.2, 4x4 M.2 2xM2, 2x4(16) (no block diagram)

All of these boards have four SATA ports.