Harsh Kumawat :
The ASUS Z170-WS has 2 M.2 slots, I'm thinking of using both slots in RAID 0 but if I use an M.2 SSD on the first slot will using a 2 PCIe slot GPU above that M.2 fit or can the M.2 cause clearance issues?
Thanks in advance.
Hey Kumawat,
First off as far as clearance issues, have you simply plugged everything in and looked to see how tight it is in there? Bear in mind you don't want to be blocking the cooling fan on the graphics card if it has one, and you also don't want the cards to be putting pressure on one another or even touching as heat in the wrong places on one component, could damage another. Next, when you say "M2 slots", are you referring to the PCIe 3.0 x 16 slots? I looked up this board and it has 4 3.0 slots. Regardless you should get full utilization out of your M2 drives, however if you could provide me with your graphics card, I can tell you if there is even enough bandwidth on the 3.0 bus to support 2 M2's and 1 graphics card (or 2 graphics cards if you are have either a Crossfire or SLI set up). the 2 M2s will use 8 of your 16 busses on the PCIe 3.0 slots.