M.2 and Z170A

[IR240474]

Hey all.

Thank you so much for the answers the forum has given me so far, you really have guided me to building a good pc.

I have a MSI Z170A Gaming M7 board and I bought two 256GB Samsung SM951, M.2 (22x80) PCle 3.0 (x4) NVMe SSd MLC NAND.

My questions are.

1) Can I use both of these SSd cards on the Z170A board while running a GTX 970 MSI Bridge?

2) Can the Z170A board run a PCle 3.0 (x4) NVMe SSd memory, I am a bit confused reading the manual on pg 19/20 says it will run, but page 18 say only x2 with a M.2 PCle Device!

#confused.com

Kind regards,

David.

 

[MichaelKanRS]

1). Yes you can. The graphics card is elevated from the motherboard so it will not interfere with it.
2). I'm not too sure. Check other places.

 

[IR240474]

Hi MichaelKanRS,

Thank you very much for your answer to number 1! Cheers.

I went to MSI.com and asked them the question, and I got both your answer and theirs this morning.

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Can the MSI Z170A run two 256GB Samsung SM951, M.2 (22x80) PCle 3.0 (x4) NVMe SSd MLC NAND?

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Dear DavidKeane,

Thanks for contacting MSI technical support.

Regarding your concern,the SLI configuration should not affect the speed of your M.2 ssds.Thanks!

Thanks for your cooperation in advance!

Best Regards,

MSI Technical Support Team