- Sep 4, 2018
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Hey guys so I'm trying to figure out the best way to setup my storage to work with my motherboard. I'm not sure if this means that i need that extra hyper m.2 x16 card for me to be able to setup multiple SSD. The motherboard I have is a Asus Prime Z370-A and I'm trying to storage I'm trying to configure with it is :
1. Samsung 960 EVO Series 1TB PCIe NVME M.2 Internal SSD
2. WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB PC SSD - SATA III 6/GB/s 2.5'' SSD
3. Seagate 10TB IronWolf NAS SATA Hard Drive 6Gb/s 256MB cache 3.5'' Internal Hard Drive
This is what I see on the description for the motherboard:
2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8) *
1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (max at x4 mode)
* For 2 SSD on CPU support, install a Hyper M.2 X16 card (sold separately) into the PCIeX16_2 slot, enable this card under BIOS settings.
** For 3 SSD on CPU support, install a Hyper M.2 X16 card (sold separately) into the PCIeX16_1 slot, enable this card under BIOS settings.
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (SATA mode & X4 PCIE mode)*1
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (PCIE mode only)*2
*1. The M.2_1 socket shares SATA_1 port when use M.2 SATA mode device. Adjust BIOS settings to use a SATA device.
*2. The M.2_2 socket shares SATA_56 ports when use M.2 PCIE mode device in X4 mode. Adjust BIOS settings to use M.2 PCIE devices in X4 mode.
Will i need to buy one of these hyper m.2 x 16 cards to support the storage I'm trying to setup or is there a way I can set it up so everthing runs smooth without needing this extra card?
1. Samsung 960 EVO Series 1TB PCIe NVME M.2 Internal SSD
2. WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB PC SSD - SATA III 6/GB/s 2.5'' SSD
3. Seagate 10TB IronWolf NAS SATA Hard Drive 6Gb/s 256MB cache 3.5'' Internal Hard Drive
This is what I see on the description for the motherboard:
2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8) *
1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (max at x4 mode)
* For 2 SSD on CPU support, install a Hyper M.2 X16 card (sold separately) into the PCIeX16_2 slot, enable this card under BIOS settings.
** For 3 SSD on CPU support, install a Hyper M.2 X16 card (sold separately) into the PCIeX16_1 slot, enable this card under BIOS settings.
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (SATA mode & X4 PCIE mode)*1
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (PCIE mode only)*2
*1. The M.2_1 socket shares SATA_1 port when use M.2 SATA mode device. Adjust BIOS settings to use a SATA device.
*2. The M.2_2 socket shares SATA_56 ports when use M.2 PCIE mode device in X4 mode. Adjust BIOS settings to use M.2 PCIE devices in X4 mode.
Will i need to buy one of these hyper m.2 x 16 cards to support the storage I'm trying to setup or is there a way I can set it up so everthing runs smooth without needing this extra card?
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