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 Aside for this, having multiple PCIe slots is a nice for multiple GPUs or capture cards.
 Both Ryzen and Intel consumer CPUs only have 16 lanes dedicated for PCIe. Other lanes are shared with the chipset.
-Often, you can tell which boards support 8x/8x by seeing if they two 16x slots with metal shields (for GPUs).
+Sometimes, you can tell which boards support 8x/8x by seeing if they two 16x slots with metal shields (for GPUs).
 Other boards will only support 4x on the secondary 16x slots going through the chipset.
 Some workstation motherboards will have PCH switches which allow for connecting more devices sharing the total bandwidth.