[SOLVED] Help - if you own a ROG STRIX b450 f gaming mobo

[OrdJk]

Which of the 6 sata ports on the motherboard are the ones that get overwritten by a nvme drive ?

 

[WildCard999]

"*3 When the M.2_1 Socket 3 is operating in SATA or PCIE mode, SATA6G_5/6 ports will be disabled."

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[Kevinlindoames]

Does that cause a problem or slow performance?

 

[WildCard999]

Does that cause a problem or slow performance?

Depends which M.2 you use. The first M.2 is used it removes the SATA 5/6 support. The other slot changes the PCIE slot from x16 to x8 however that makes little difference in gaming performance (2-3 FPS max). The manual, from what I've seen doesn't specify which M.2 is which but I'd assume the one on top is one and the one on the bottom is two.

In short either (or both) M.2's are fine to use.

 

[OrdJk]

Does that cause a problem or slow performance?

It causes two of the sata ports on your motherboard to just stop working completely. I had to use the other 4 for my hard drive and ssd