M.2 needs help?im not sure

Oct 1, 2018
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Hello
my first build and heres the pcpartpicker list i have

please advise on what to change

cpu i7 8700k
cpu cooler be quiet ! dark pro 3
mobo asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA ATX 1151
ram corsair vengeance RGB 16gb ddr4-3000
hdd/ssd seagate baaracuda 3tb 3.5" 7200rpm samsung 860 eVO 1tb 2.5" ssd
samasung 970 EVO 500gb M.2-2280 ssd (this is the issue)
gpu msi geforce gtx 1060 6gb gaming x
case thermaltake view 71tg rgb
psu supernova G3 1000w 80+ gold full mod

The motherboard M.2 slot #1 shares bandwidth with a SATA 6.0 Gb/s port. When the M.2 slot is populated, one SATA 6.0 Gb/s port is disabled.
The motherboard M.2 slot #2 shares bandwidth with SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports. When the M.2 slot is populated with a PCIe-based M.2 drive, two SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports are disabled.

please advise what can be done ..

thanks much appreciated
 
Solution
There is no issue.
The motherboard has 6 sata ports. You have 2 sata devices. Even if you install M.2 drive on both M.2 slots and 3 sata ports get disabled, you still have 3 sata ports left for your sata devices.

M.2_1 in sata mode will disable sata_1 port.
M.2_2 in pcie x4 mode will disable sata_5 and sata_6 ports.
Use sata ports sata_2, sata_3, sata_4 for your sata devices.
There is no issue.
The motherboard has 6 sata ports. You have 2 sata devices. Even if you install M.2 drive on both M.2 slots and 3 sata ports get disabled, you still have 3 sata ports left for your sata devices.

M.2_1 in sata mode will disable sata_1 port.
M.2_2 in pcie x4 mode will disable sata_5 and sata_6 ports.
Use sata ports sata_2, sata_3, sata_4 for your sata devices.
 
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