PCI-E 1x Sound Card Work In 16X PCI-E slot?

can you put a pcie x1 in a x16 slot   Dan candy boom slot

I cut open the back of a x1 slot on my motherboard to allow me to fit a full size GPU

If it has only one PCI Express x16 slot, the choice is easy, but some motherboards have more than one PCI Express x16 slot for multiple graphics card support  Both the blue slots are PCIe x16 The difference is that the 2nd PCIe 16x is capable of wiring

slot deposit linkaja So, to answer your original question, if you're happy to abandon any other PCI devices you currently have, you can choose a motherboard with more PCIe x1 slots; Is there anyway to configure the setup so I can keep the video card in the first 16x slot? The Firewire and WiFi cards both receive power in the 16x slots,