PCI Express question

Sup everyone

I've been look at different motherboards for my system, and want something with PCI Express. However, all of

the motherboards with PCI Express have either 1 or 2 "x16" slots and 2 or 3 "x1" slots.

How important is it to have the extra PCI Express x16 slot? And what kind of cards are being made for the PCI

Express x1 slot? Basically, should I dish out bucks for the extra "x16" slot or stick it out with the "x1"

slots?

A bonus question: are there motherboards coming out that have only the PCI Express slots? I plan on waiting a

couple of months to see what Processor improvements AMD and Intel come up with before buying, and want to

know whether there are new motherboards coming out as well

Thanks

 

definitely wait for intel's new processors before you buy anything. PCI-express slots are for video cards so if you plan on gaming at all, get one with an x16 slot. If you really crave performance then go for the 2 16x slot board so u can go SLI (dual video cards) It all depends on what you want to do with this computer.

im not really sure what the 1x slots are for...some kinda add on cards im guessing