Understanding the use of PCI-E lanes with my CPU

would'nt fit under my noctua d15 and that's why I put it in the second slot first Damn

The slot might be the same, but you have to configure the CPU to treat it as a CXL slot instead of a PCIe slot That obviously requires the CPU

does oxford downs have slot machines You'll be able to do more with less in this case, since a PCIe x8 slot can handle almost exactly what a PCIe x16 slot can currently

does running aces have slot machines Just by looking at the picture of the board on the linked website, the second slot says PCI 16_2, which would say to me that it's a PCIe 3 x16