[SOLVED] Will My GTX 1060 Fit My Motherboard?

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I almost pulled an all-nighter trying to figure this out.
I recently bought a PC from ebay for $400, turns out its fairly good but not good enough since I wanted to make future upgrades. Now I'm worried I might not be able to. I bought a GTX 1060 6GB and I hope to god I am able to fit it in there.

Current CPU:
Ryzen 5 2600

Current GPU:
Integrated Ryzen Vega 11 Graphics

Case:
Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L Micro ATX

Mother board:
Gigabyte B450M DS3H
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450M-DS3H-rev-10#kf

Now. From my research, I first thought that my motherboard didn't have enough PCI slots to fit my new graphics card. However, after more thorough looking into the website I think it might have 3. So here are my two main questions.

1. Is the integrated GPU (Vega 11 Graphics) currently taking up one of my PCI slots? (Something is plugged in there)

2. Does my motherboard have 1 or two PCI slots?

3. Will my GTX 1060 fit in there?

Thank you for taking the time to read this and someone please help me before I have an aneurysm.
 
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  1. The CPU lacks an integrated GPU (2600). Are you saying another video card is already installed?
  2. Your system has a total of 3 PCIe slots. See expansions slots info here:
https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/B450M-DS3H-rev-10/sp#sp
3. Yes

I suggest posting a link to what you bought so we can determine what is has in it.
Thank you for the quick reply, as it turns out the slot is being taken up by a wifi adapter. There is a second PCI slot closer up to the CPU, i'll include some pictures. Do you think the GTX 1060 will fit there?

View: https://imgur.com/a/37Wt3AB

View: https://m.imgur.com/a/D8yTqVt
 
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