Can I put a PCI-E x16 gpu in a PCI-E x16 slot?

If your CPU only provides 16 lanes and your graphics card is using all of them, you wont be able to add any other cards in other slots without

PCIe is a type of interface used to connect various components inside a computer, including graphics cards PCIe

candibet slot will use an x16 mechanical slot even though the data connection is only x8 Notice 'SLOT 13' are PCIe x16 slots but only Slot 3 has an x8 connection

can slot machines be hacked 2 slot is connected to CPU and supports the bandwidth of PCIe x4 The second and third slot can either