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Yes that what I'm going to do. m.2_1 PCIe 3.0 x 4 for the 970 EVO M.2_2 PCIe 2.0 x 4 I'll leave empty 2.5 inch 860 EVO in a Sata port. That's too bad but it's how the MB is designed. I wonder why they did it that way. Thank you for the clarification.

m.2_1 can use PCIe 3.0 x 4 or x 2 and Sata III ( will put the 970 EVO there as boot drive ) m.2_2 can use PCIe 2.0 x 4 ( would like to use the 860 EVO there as storage ) ---------------------------- You have to do them the other way around. The 970 will work in either port, the 860 EVO (SATA)...

Hopefully someone can help me understand this. I'm putting together a new build. This MB has 2 x m.2 slots type m. I'm considering installing 2 x m.2 SSD's on this MB. I'll be using a Ryzen 7 2700 CPU and will not overclock. Would like to install like this. M2_1 with a Samsung 970 EVO (...

Thank You for the info. I'll check out all your suggestions. I appreciate your detailed response and your reasoning instead of just posting a build list. Thanks Again

No Gaming ! Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP Budget Range: $1100 - $1500 System Usage from Most to Least Important: Photo and Video Editing - Rendering Are you buying a monitor: No Do you need to buy OS: Yes - W10 Home oem Location: Denver, CO Parts Preferences: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 or 2700...