Thanks for reading and hopefully helping to sort this out. I am new to building and just finished my first build.
I still am running into a few snags. The one I am currently on is my storage setup. I have a Asus B450 f motherboard. When building the computer I started with 500gb m.2 in the top slot and this was enough. I didn't know you should have a boot drive and a storage drive for games, so as of now I have filled the 500mb with everything. I added a second m.2 to the lower section of the motherboard. It is currently empty and after the fact I found out that it now runs my PCI at 8x instead of 16x. I do run the Asus Tuf 3080 and don't want to effect the speed so I plan to remove the M.2.
What would the best plan be? Save the second m.2 as a backup drive for boot and spend more money on a 1Tb ssd? Or go the route of adding a PCI expansion slot for the m.2? I am not sure if or how easy this is on a b450f motherboard. If anyone can help let me know
Build details- Ryzen 5 3600x, Asus B450f, Asus Tuf 3080, 2x Western Digital 500gb m.2
I still am running into a few snags. The one I am currently on is my storage setup. I have a Asus B450 f motherboard. When building the computer I started with 500gb m.2 in the top slot and this was enough. I didn't know you should have a boot drive and a storage drive for games, so as of now I have filled the 500mb with everything. I added a second m.2 to the lower section of the motherboard. It is currently empty and after the fact I found out that it now runs my PCI at 8x instead of 16x. I do run the Asus Tuf 3080 and don't want to effect the speed so I plan to remove the M.2.
What would the best plan be? Save the second m.2 as a backup drive for boot and spend more money on a 1Tb ssd? Or go the route of adding a PCI expansion slot for the m.2? I am not sure if or how easy this is on a b450f motherboard. If anyone can help let me know
Build details- Ryzen 5 3600x, Asus B450f, Asus Tuf 3080, 2x Western Digital 500gb m.2