I'm confused about how many devices I can have operating concurrently on an ASUS Prime Z370-A motherboard. Can somebody authoritatively clarify this please?
The spec sheet for the Intel Z370 says it supports up to 6 SATA (6 Gb/s), 3 PCIe M.2, 10 USB V3.1 Gen1, 14 USB total.
The implementation on the ASUS Prime Z370-A has 6 x SATA , 2 x M.2 and 2 x USB 3.1, but I have the impression that not all these connection can be used at the same time. In fact I think that that use of 1 or both M.2 ports disables an equivalent number of SATA ports and the same restriction applies to the USB 3.1 ports, implying that only 6 I/O devices (aside from graphics) can be active at any one time. And there is no automatic switching between them. Is this correct?
Can I repeat the question for the Z370-P II version of this board, please?
On either board can I run 1 x SSD, 3 x SATA HDDs, 1 x M.2 and 2 external USB 3 drives all at the same time?
The spec sheet for the Intel Z370 says it supports up to 6 SATA (6 Gb/s), 3 PCIe M.2, 10 USB V3.1 Gen1, 14 USB total.
The implementation on the ASUS Prime Z370-A has 6 x SATA , 2 x M.2 and 2 x USB 3.1, but I have the impression that not all these connection can be used at the same time. In fact I think that that use of 1 or both M.2 ports disables an equivalent number of SATA ports and the same restriction applies to the USB 3.1 ports, implying that only 6 I/O devices (aside from graphics) can be active at any one time. And there is no automatic switching between them. Is this correct?
Can I repeat the question for the Z370-P II version of this board, please?
On either board can I run 1 x SSD, 3 x SATA HDDs, 1 x M.2 and 2 external USB 3 drives all at the same time?