So what BIOS version is the best for K8N SLI Diamond?

And is there a BIOS which allows me to set the v-dimm to something higher than 2.85v? I mean 3.0v would be nice at least. Heck, my old Neo2 865PE did 3.3v right out of the box!

It's not that a BIOS would solve the problem as much as it is a design issue with the motherboard.   Works great for the specifications they designed it for, but the design doesn't allow for much higher vdimm amounts.
The only solution with this board is a do it yourself modification to the motherboard that "will" void your warranty.    By using a potentiometer on the correct traces, you can dial your own vdimm.   Since this does require decent soldering skills, and more importantly will void your warranty, I'll let you google the solution.
As to the number of PCI-E slots, they don't have more due to the limitations of the nForce4 SLI chipset.   The nForce4 SLI chipset only supports a total of 20 PCI-E lanes.
x16 are used for PCI-E slot 1 (or x8 in SLI mode).
x2 are used for PCI-e slot 2 (or x8 in SLI mode, but the other x2 lanes are not available when in this mode and are unused, possibly used in the swtching mechanism as this is the case for the competition as well).
x1 is used for the online Marvel Gigabit LAN, many competitors use a PCI chipset instead allowing an x1 slot instead of this feature.
x1 is used for the online SiI3132 PCI-E SATA II controller. Many competitors use the PCI 3114 SiI chipset allowing a free x1 lane for a slot.
Count these up and we add up to 20 lanes of PCI-E, so not additional slots are available.   As for the competition, using lower performing PCI parts allowed the addition of two x1 slots in addition to the two SLI slots.   Since most add-ons are going to be LAN or SATA, looks like you'll be all set anyways.
This will change with the use of nVIDIA's newer SLI x16 chipset as more lanes are available, allowing for two x16 PCI-E slots and several x1 slots in addition.

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