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>trying to find a board that doesn't gimp the x16 slot if you use all the m2 slots
If you're shopping for AM5 boards, you don't have to worry about the main Gen 5x 16 slot being gimped by any M.2 config.
That's a limitation for Intel 12/13/14th gen CPUs.
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-pci-express-scaling/

ChatGPT would've given you this answer.