Hello,
I am about to build a new PC with the MSI Z690 Tomahawk WiFi DDR4 as motherboard, an Intel 13700K and an Asus TUF 3080 10GB GPU. I've bought a Samsung 980Pro 1TB and a WD SN770 2TB for storage, both PCIe 4x4.
The board has four M2 slots. The one closest to the CPU is connected directly to the CPU and I guess this will be the fastest. But it also is directly between CPU and GPU which make me think about heat. Slot 2 will be covered by the GPU, which blows the air directly on top of it - I guess that would be the worst place. Slots 3&4 are at the bottom of the motherboard which might be the coolest location, but one of the slots is only PCIe 3x4.
Do you think, that Slot 1 will be fine according to heat?
Or do I have to trade speed for heat and put both to Slots 3 and 4. If I put the SN770 into the PCIe 3 slot, how much speed will I possibly loose ?
Thanks
Marc
I am about to build a new PC with the MSI Z690 Tomahawk WiFi DDR4 as motherboard, an Intel 13700K and an Asus TUF 3080 10GB GPU. I've bought a Samsung 980Pro 1TB and a WD SN770 2TB for storage, both PCIe 4x4.
The board has four M2 slots. The one closest to the CPU is connected directly to the CPU and I guess this will be the fastest. But it also is directly between CPU and GPU which make me think about heat. Slot 2 will be covered by the GPU, which blows the air directly on top of it - I guess that would be the worst place. Slots 3&4 are at the bottom of the motherboard which might be the coolest location, but one of the slots is only PCIe 3x4.
Do you think, that Slot 1 will be fine according to heat?
Or do I have to trade speed for heat and put both to Slots 3 and 4. If I put the SN770 into the PCIe 3 slot, how much speed will I possibly loose ?
Thanks
Marc