[SOLVED] SSD on PCPartPicker.com- incompatibility problem "One additional M.2 (M) slot is needed."

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Hello! I'm trying to buy (another) SSD and using pcpartpicker.com to find a compatible one, since I would be hopeless at finding one on my own! But every time I add one to my build I get the error message "One additional M.2 (M) slot is needed. " I'm not sure what this means, as I still get the message when I remove my 120GB SSD drive from the build. Here is a link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MM2tnt Thanks in advance!
edit: Sorry, realizing i didn't clarify that I'm already using the 120GB SSD !
 
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every time I add an SSD drive to my build I get the error message "One additional M.2 (M) slot is needed. "
I'm not sure what this means
That means, your motherboard doesn't support M.2 drives.
You can't install Samsung 970 evo plus 1TB into your pc.

You might be able to install it with M.2 PCIE adapter.

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/Looks at the list and sees the following drives:
A Western Digital , SATA HDD,
A Crucial SATA SSD,
Another WD SATA HDD,
A NVMe SSD(M.2 form factor), which your motherboard doesn't physically support.

Change the last one to a SATA SSD or remove it from the list, and that warning should disappear.
 
Hello! I'm trying to buy (another) SSD and using pcpartpicker.com to find a compatible one, since I would be hopeless at finding one on my own! But every time I add one to my build I get the error message "One additional M.2 (M) slot is needed. " I'm not sure what this means, as I still get the message when I remove my 120GB SSD drive from the build. Here is a link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MM2tnt Thanks in advance!
edit: Sorry, realizing i didn't clarify that I'm already using the 120GB SSD !
Samsung 970 Evo plus uses M.2 slot which your MB doesn't have, only way is to use an PCIe adapter but you still will not be able to BOOT from it.
 
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