-Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
-Asus - ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
-Asus - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB ROG Strix Gaming OC Video Card
-32gb of corsair dominator 3200 mhz
-Gen 3 Samsung 970 PRO 250GB - NVMe PCIe M.2 (operating system)
I have had a hard time getting the right answer to my questions but here it goes ...
I have no SATA plugged in and please dont reccomend SATA over m.2 because the price and minimal performance gains
From my understanding my chipset provides 24 PCIe lanes
-16 lanes are for the graphics card
-4 lanes are for the samsung 970 pro 250gb NVMe PCIe M.2 drive (operating system)
That leaves 4 lanes left ..
I dont want my graphics card to drop to 8 PCIe lanes
(First question)
If I wanted to put a second, Gen3 Samsung 970 evo 2tb NVMe PCIe M.2 in the second m.2 slot I shouldn't have any issues correct?
I will have used all 24 PCIe lanes?
(Second question)
With the new gen4 NVMe PCIe M.2 that have just recently come out .
I'm curious if they will still only take up 4 PCIe lanes? and will I have any compatibility issues with my set up to run Gen4 NVMe PCIe M.2 ?
For instance corsair has a new Gen4 2tb NVMe PCIe M.2 with a nice heatsink ,they are quite a bit faster and are even a bit cheaper than a Gen3 2tb Samsung 970 evo NVMe PCIe M.2
Because I will go with Gen4 over Gen3 if there's no compatibility issues
(Third question)
I know my mobo will disable some of the SATA ports to power the NVMe PCIe M.2 slots
some some of the SATA ports won't be disabled, I believe 4 of the 6 should still work
If I do add a SATA drive down the road it will most likely be a single 4tb
the research I've done suggests there's some kind of sata bus that handles them separately?
With all 24 lanes being taken up can I add a SATA drive later without compromise?
Toms hardware forums are a great place and anyone who took the time to read this is greatly appreciated , thank you for your time!
-Asus - ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
-Asus - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB ROG Strix Gaming OC Video Card
-32gb of corsair dominator 3200 mhz
-Gen 3 Samsung 970 PRO 250GB - NVMe PCIe M.2 (operating system)
I have had a hard time getting the right answer to my questions but here it goes ...
I have no SATA plugged in and please dont reccomend SATA over m.2 because the price and minimal performance gains
From my understanding my chipset provides 24 PCIe lanes
-16 lanes are for the graphics card
-4 lanes are for the samsung 970 pro 250gb NVMe PCIe M.2 drive (operating system)
That leaves 4 lanes left ..
I dont want my graphics card to drop to 8 PCIe lanes
(First question)
If I wanted to put a second, Gen3 Samsung 970 evo 2tb NVMe PCIe M.2 in the second m.2 slot I shouldn't have any issues correct?
I will have used all 24 PCIe lanes?
(Second question)
With the new gen4 NVMe PCIe M.2 that have just recently come out .
I'm curious if they will still only take up 4 PCIe lanes? and will I have any compatibility issues with my set up to run Gen4 NVMe PCIe M.2 ?
For instance corsair has a new Gen4 2tb NVMe PCIe M.2 with a nice heatsink ,they are quite a bit faster and are even a bit cheaper than a Gen3 2tb Samsung 970 evo NVMe PCIe M.2
Because I will go with Gen4 over Gen3 if there's no compatibility issues
(Third question)
I know my mobo will disable some of the SATA ports to power the NVMe PCIe M.2 slots
some some of the SATA ports won't be disabled, I believe 4 of the 6 should still work
If I do add a SATA drive down the road it will most likely be a single 4tb
the research I've done suggests there's some kind of sata bus that handles them separately?
With all 24 lanes being taken up can I add a SATA drive later without compromise?
Toms hardware forums are a great place and anyone who took the time to read this is greatly appreciated , thank you for your time!