[SOLVED] PCIe Lanes question

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I'm so confused at calculating my own lanes and I'm not sure if I have enough lanes to properly add another M.2 to my build. I have a AMD Ryzen 3900x 24 lanes, 20 usable. I have 16 for my GPU, 4 for my M.2. So will it bottleneck if i were to add another M.2? I wanted to add a second one for mostly running games off of but will i experience issues with this? Noticeable ones to the point where it won't seem like i'm even running the games on a M.2? I'm looking to add the another of the same but maybe a 1TB. I'm confused because I also have more than just these that also take up lanes but I realize they won't all be at the same time but running a game on a second M.2 might be noticeable because of the GPU and my OS on first M.2 and games on the second.

My Build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RFny7T

Thanks so much for your time and help.
 
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The chipset itself has additional PCIe lanes, it won´t bottleneck your 2nd M.2

Storage
3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Processors :

1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, Type 2242/2260/2280/22110(PCIE 4.0 x4 and SATA modes) storage devices support

AMD X570 chipset :
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, Type 2242/2260/2280/22110(PCIE 4.0 x4 and SATA modes) storage devices support

The chipset itself has additional PCIe lanes, it won´t bottleneck your 2nd M.2

Storage
3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Processors :

1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, Type 2242/2260/2280/22110(PCIE 4.0 x4 and SATA modes) storage devices support

AMD X570 chipset :
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, Type 2242/2260/2280/22110(PCIE 4.0 x4 and SATA modes) storage devices support

 
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I'm so confused at calculating my own lanes and I'm not sure if I have enough lanes to properly add another M.2 to my build. I have a AMD Ryzen 3900x 24 lanes, 20 usable. I have 16 for my GPU, 4 for my M.2. So will it bottleneck if i were to add another M.2? I wanted to add a second one for mostly running games off of but will i experience issues with this? Noticeable ones to the point where it won't seem like i'm even running the games on a M.2? I'm looking to add the another of the same but maybe a 1TB. I'm confused because I also have more than just these that also take up lanes but I realize they won't all be at the same time but running a game on a second M.2 might be noticeable because of the GPU and my OS on first M.2 and games on the second.

My Build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RFny7T

Thanks so much for your time and help.
No, no bottleneck, second M.2 is controlled by chipset anyway.
 
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The chipset itself has additional PCIe lanes, it won´t bottleneck your 2nd M.2

Storage
3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Processors :

1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, Type 2242/2260/2280/22110(PCIE 4.0 x4 and SATA modes) storage devices support

AMD X570 chipset :
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, Type 2242/2260/2280/22110(PCIE 4.0 x4 and SATA modes) storage devices support

Thanks so much. I feel like a noob and don’t really understand PCIe lanes and to get a final count on what I’m using. I should’ve assumed it would be fine because it would be weird for it all to support 2 and Ryzen 9 should be able to handle it I thought haha
 
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No, no bottleneck, second M.2 is controlled by chipset anyway.
Thanks friend. I appreciate the response. I still feel lost in my personal understanding of PCIe lanes but I’m gonna read more about them and my chip specifically. Counting the lanes with what I have confuses me and I’ve considered myselr knowledgeable with PCs...May have to rethink that haha
 
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The chipset itself has additional PCIe lanes, it won´t bottleneck your 2nd M.2

Storage
3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Processors :

1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, Type 2242/2260/2280/22110(PCIE 4.0 x4 and SATA modes) storage devices support

AMD X570 chipset :
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, Type 2242/2260/2280/22110(PCIE 4.0 x4 and SATA modes) storage devices support

No, no bottleneck, second M.2 is controlled by chipset anyway.


Sorry to bug you two again but you helped me when adding the second M.2. So with my current system from the post above and with the Second M.2...would adding this cause a bottleneck with PCIe lanes?

It's an Elgato 1080p 60fps, it's nothing special but i'm just hoping my PC will run fine with it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014MQIVP...olid=2WMFWT03XM1JS&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it


Thanks so much for your time, any response is appreciated.