No further/additional mainboard features are required apart from the PCIe 3.0 version you have already mentioned. However, only 1 PCIe slot with 16 physical lanes is available on the mainboard you mentioned. In order to use the specified speed/bandwidth of the WD Black AN1500 adapter, you must place it on this slot, otherwise (choice of a PCIe slot with PCIe3.0x4 lanes) only half the speed is available. See also https://www.techadvisor.com/article...