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

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,

NI PCIe 6612 has x1 Form Factor and maximum bandwidth for x1 configuration is 250MBs It doesn't change if you put x1 card in x2, x4,

candy stars slot and all are low end cards, If you have a x16 slot available, which you say you do, you can get better performing cards for what those cost

canadian wild slot ymmv but yeah this should work fine actually Which would be the same as if I just plugged it into a 1x slot right? Just remember that