[SOLVED] Can I add another pcie x8 nvme on top of SLI on my ASUS rog B550 SLI motherboard?

[nicholaslu]

I have this set up of motherboard with sli enabled configurations(https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-B550-E-GAMING/), but I am thinking of adding this nvme 8tb pcie x8 to my set up which going to be put into my third pcie slot.
I wonder if this is possible to do and is there any concern of performance if I do this.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Nvme what?!? Are you talking about a graphics card? If so sli is useless in gaming now. Would get better performance out of a single good video card

nvm is a type of drive or storage. Not a gpu

 

[SkyNetRising]

I am thinking of adding this nvme 8tb pcie x8 to my set up which going to be put into my third pcie slot.
I wonder if this is possible to do and is there any concern of performance if I do this.

3rd PCIE x16 slot on this board operates at PCIE 3.0 x4 mode only. So available bandwidth is 1/4 of PCIE 4.0 x8.

 

[nicholaslu]

Nvme what?!? Are you talking about a graphics card? If so sli is useless in gaming now. Would get better performance out of a single good video card

nvm is a type of drive or storage. Not a gpu

What I meant was, there is an extra pcie slot left(after two gpu occupied out of three pcie ) and I am curious if that can support a pcie based ssd in addition of sli configuration.

 

[drea.drechsler]

.... So available bandwidth is 1/4 of PCIE 4.0 x8.

Being B550, wouldn't that be PCIe 3.0? Only the FIRST NVME and FIRST GPU slot should get gen 4 on B550, everything else should source from the chipset.