[SOLVED] Asus z270m plus + NVME - need help

[Pietro_LK]

Hi guys, hope you are all doing fine.
I have an Asus z270M - Plus - https://www.asus.com/br/Motherboards/PRIME-Z270M-PLUS-BR/ with an i7 7700k
and my old Samsung ssd is falling on me. I want to upgrade to a NVMe SSD since its on a huge deal here. This one - SSD Kingston A1000 M.2 2280 240GB PCIe NVMe Ger 3.0.

My question is: Will it affect my GPU (RTX 2070 Runnin on 16x) performance since it runs from pci?
Also, I know if it was a sata nvme i couldnt use one sata port. with this one will i be able to use all satas?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Kingston A series SSD's are cheap for a reason...Terrible quality.

 

[Pietro_LK]

Kingston A series SSD's are cheap for a reason...Terrible quality.

Alright in case I get another NVMe, would it affect the performance?
Thanks for the reply

 

[Darkbreeze]

No, it will not affect your graphics card performance. M.2 drives do not steal lanes from the primary graphics card slot. Those are dedicated lanes.

It will not affect your SATA ports unless you install a SATA M.2 drive, per your board specifications.

If you install an M.2 PCI NVME drive, it will not affect your graphics card OR your SATA ports.

 

[Pietro_LK]

No, it will not affect your graphics card performance. M.2 drives do not steal lanes from the primary graphics card slot. Those are dedicated lanes.

It will not affect your SATA ports unless you install a SATA M.2 drive, per your board specifications.

If you install an M.2 PCI NVME drive, it will not affect your graphics card OR your SATA ports.

Thank you so much, ill probably get a WD Black then since the Kingston A is kinda bad

 

[Darkbreeze]

WD is "ok". If possible, I'd stick to Samsung, Crucial, Intel, Sandisk, Plextor or Mushkin. But WD is fine too, especially if the price is lower than the Crucial MX series units.