Question M.2 on X470 Gaming plus

[magz916]

Motherboard: X470 Gaming Plus

Storage: Samsung 970 EVO M.2 500GB

Forgive me for asking. But im a bit confused on the install for this. Is the M2_1 port on my board faster than the M2_2? If so. What sata port should i move my storage drive to? i'm thinking 5 or 6.

M2_1 slot (from AMD® processor) supports PCIe 3.0 x4
(Ryzen™ Desktop Processors ) or PCIe 3.0 x2 (A-series/
Athlon™ Processors) 2242/ 2260 /2280/ 22110 storage
devices
M2_2 slot (from AMD® X470 Chipset) supports PCIe 2.0
x4 and SATA 6Gb/s 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices

• SATA1 port will be unavailable when installing SATA M.2 SSD in M2_2 slot.
• PCI_E6 slot will be unavailable when installing PCIe M.2 SSD in M2_2 slot

 

[rgd1101]

what ryzen cpu/apu do you have? 970 evo is pcie type
if you have the cpu, both m.2 is the same speed. if you have an apu, m2_1 only run at x2, while m2_2 run at x4

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

What CPU are you running? I assume Ryzen since your running X470 board.

 

[magz916]

What CPU are you running? I assume Ryzen since your running X470 board.

Ryzen 7 2700X.
My RAM is:
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C14 Vengeance rgb pro (2x8GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4-25600) C14 Desktop Memory

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Top M2 1 slot and YOUR ALL SET.