Q Should I get a motherboard with two PCIe x16 slots or more x1

PCIe x16 slot with faster bandwidth and lower impedance 2 PCIe @BIOS can automatically download the latest version from the GIGABYTE servers or

The x1 slot you used was probably on the PCH and not direct to the CPU Plug it into one of

can you tell when a slot machine will hit I've never tested it, but allegedly it will split a single x16 slot into an x8 x4 and x4 in

can you beat slot machines It's got a PCIe Gen5 GPU slot, so you could install a next Expansion slots: 1x PCIe Gen4 x16 Video ports: 1x HDMI