Question I cant fit my WD Black into my second x16 slot anymore

[harrystam]

Long story short: My internal WD black storage device will no longer fit. This specific device :

"WD Black 2TB AN1500 NVMe SSD Add-in-Card"​

Can i pop it into a smaller pciex1 slot or do i need an external enclosure?

I'm using this board:

ASUS ROG Strix B550-A Gaming AMD AM4​

Any input is appreciated
Thanks

 

[Eximo]

I wouldn't think so, not even depth to handle the card thickness.

Snaking a riser cable under the card is the best option and mounting the NVMe card vertically might work.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Or get a new motherboard with more PCIE x16 slots/more space between slots.
Some options (ASUS boards to better match your current one) :

ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING WIFI II​

ROG Strix X570-E Gaming​

ROG Strix X570-F Gaming​

ROG STRIX B550-XE GAMING WIFI​

ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING​

 

[harrystam]

Or get a new motherboard with more PCIE x16 slots/more space between slots.
Some options (ASUS boards to better match your current one) :

ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING WIFI II​

ROG Strix X570-E Gaming​

ROG Strix X570-F Gaming​

ROG STRIX B550-XE GAMING WIFI​

ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING​

OOF! I just bought this board. You do make a good point though.

 

[harrystam]

I wouldn't think so, not even depth to handle the card thickness.

Snaking a riser cable under the card is the best option and mounting the NVMe card vertically might work.

There is no room to snake a riser cable behind the 4080. When I was installing the gpu I kept the riser in to see if it would clear it. NO CHANCE. I'd have to put a dangerous amount of pressure on the riser.

 

[harrystam]

I do appreciate everyone's options and ideas. Thank you.

Just to mention it again. This nvme card is for video editing. I have an open type c port in the back and i'd sacrifice the cards speed for convenience..like a usb option or something.

Ideally i'd slot in another x16, though

 

[harrystam]

OOF! I just bought this board. You do make a good point though.

Is the B570 series the best series mobo to support a 5950X?

 

[Eximo]

X570 or B550

Just depends on the features you want.

 

[harrystam]

X570 or B550

Just depends on the features you want.

I'm looking for a lower x16 slot or lots of I/O i use a ton of usb devices.
ASUS ROG Strix B550-A Gaming AMD AM4 (current board)
In my shopping adventures i saw that B570 boards have more I/O and some still have the 3rd x16 slot

I Found the GIGABYTE X570S AORUS ELITE AX that fit all the needed criteria.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I Found the GIGABYTE X570S AORUS ELITE AX that fit all the needed criteria.

Note - 3rd PCIE x16 slot works in x2 mode on this board.

On boards, I listed in post #27, third PCIE x16 slot works in x4 mode.

 

[harrystam]

Note - 3rd PCIE x16 slot works in x2 mode.

I bought one of these. If it fails to operate or is WAY to slow, im buying a new board.

https://imgur.com/a/NH5a6NK

View: https://imgur.com/a/NH5a6NK

 

[SkyNetRising]

I bought one of these. If it fails to operate or is WAY to slow, im buying a new board.

That is x1 riser cable.
Your AN1500 requires x8 connection for full speed. You'll get 1/8 of bandwidth.

 

[harrystam]

That is x1 riser cable.
Your AN1500 requires x8 connection for full speed. You'll get 1/8 of bandwidth.

Please elaborate.
I know it will drasticaly reduce the speed of my AN1500. But as I said if it's THAT bad I'll get a new board

 

[SkyNetRising]

Please elaborate.
I know it will drasticaly reduce the speed of my AN1500. But as I said if it's THAT bad I'll get a new board

Elaborate what?

PCIE slot width determines available bandwidth.
PCIE 3.0 x1 gives ~ 850MB/s read/write capability from theoretical maximum of your AN1500 (6500/4100 MB/s).

 

[harrystam]

Elaborate what?

PCIE slot width determines available bandwidth.
PCIE 3.0 x1 gives ~ 850MB/s read/write capability from theoretical maximum of your AN1500 (6500/4100 MB/s).

Thank you.
I'm aware it's gonna nerf the living F outta my speeds.
Answer me this would you prefer a 7$ usd addon card running slower or a 200$ motherboard?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Answer me this would you prefer a 7$ usd addon card running slower or a 200$ motherboard?

I have no idea on how much storage performance is of importance for you.

If it's for some work thing, then would probably eat the cost.
If it's just for gaming, then 800MB/s is plenty for most use cases.

 

[harrystam]

I have no idea on how much storage performance is of importance for you.

If it's for some work thing, then would probably eat the cost.
If it's just for gaming, then 800MB/s is plenty for most use cases.

I'm using it for editing video
Side note: I have 10 Tb of storage excluding this card. All solisd state
Also worth noting. While im editing footage it creates proxy footage on my local SSD