x16 GPU in PCIe x1 slot: The caveats

when I put a PCIe x1 WiFi card into an x16 slot Top x1 slot is blocked by the CPU cooler, 2nd and 3rd by the GPU 1 ) I tried re-seating the

@Scandalist Technically yes you can put a x1 in an x16 slot, the extra lanes just won't be used However in real life, on some computers it

can nvme be used in m2 slot ymmv but yeah this should work fine actually Which would be the same as if I just plugged it into a 1x slot right? Just remember that

can you put 2 speaker wires in one slot You could install Linux, and run any AMD or Nvidia GPU with an equivalent performance of a GTX 1650-1660 into an x1 slot If you run a GPU with