If you ever looked at a PCI to PCIe x16 adapter and wondered what’d happen if you were to stick a modern PCIe GPU in it, the answer apparently is ‘it works’ according to an attempt by [Circuit Rewind] ...

Be honest, when was the last time you installed anything in a PCIe slot that wasn't a graphics card? We still indulge in this charade, where ATX motherboards come equipped with several 1x and 4x slots ...

I have an HP 4x PCI Express dual port network card but no 4x slot in my system. I read over the internet that 1x or 4x cards can be inserted into the 16x PCI express slot. I then inserted the 4x cad ...