I recently got a new PC with the ASUS ROG Strix Z390-H Gaming motherboard. The PC came standard with a 1 TB 860 Evo SSD (SATA).
This MB has 2 x M.2 ports. One allows nVME + SATA and the other one is PCIE only. It also supports 6 SATA connections.
If I choose to run 2 nVME drives in the M.2 ports and then use one of the PCIE ports (with an adapter) to run a 3rd M.2 drive will I see any downgrade in the speed/performance of those drives? The drives are most likely going to have a max of 3500/3000 MBps speeds. One of these drives is going to be used for booting with the OS and core apps (browsers, etc.) on it and the other 2 will basically be part of my Steam Library where I will be playing games off. So in theory I will/should never be using more than 2 of these drives at the same time: boot drive for browsers, explorer, etc. and the other one for playing games.
I am honestly confused about what direction to go in anymore. I can look at using 2 M.2 + just SATA drive(s) going forward but the only PCIE slot I will be using is for my RTX 2080. I don't plan on ever going the SLI route. The drives I am looking at Amazon for are pretty close in prices with the 2 TB NVME at about $250 and the the 2 TB SSD at about $230, so from a money standpoint it is not going to be that big of a deal.
Thanks.
This MB has 2 x M.2 ports. One allows nVME + SATA and the other one is PCIE only. It also supports 6 SATA connections.
If I choose to run 2 nVME drives in the M.2 ports and then use one of the PCIE ports (with an adapter) to run a 3rd M.2 drive will I see any downgrade in the speed/performance of those drives? The drives are most likely going to have a max of 3500/3000 MBps speeds. One of these drives is going to be used for booting with the OS and core apps (browsers, etc.) on it and the other 2 will basically be part of my Steam Library where I will be playing games off. So in theory I will/should never be using more than 2 of these drives at the same time: boot drive for browsers, explorer, etc. and the other one for playing games.
I am honestly confused about what direction to go in anymore. I can look at using 2 M.2 + just SATA drive(s) going forward but the only PCIE slot I will be using is for my RTX 2080. I don't plan on ever going the SLI route. The drives I am looking at Amazon for are pretty close in prices with the 2 TB NVME at about $250 and the the 2 TB SSD at about $230, so from a money standpoint it is not going to be that big of a deal.
Thanks.