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[@theaveragecasual9971]

I don't always agree with you bud, but I do appreciate your opinions and research to arrive at your opinions, and I also appreciate that when you help someone, you don't just GIVE them the answer, you show them how you ARRIVED at that answer, thats how folk learn. Also, respect for reading the motherboard manuals lol, I do that every build too just to be safe and I always felt like a newb reading them, but you really should read them cuz things change so much.

[@chavarifa8559]

You sound like Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder!! lmfao

[@theaveragecasual9971]

@@chavarifa8559 I don't drop character until I do the DVD commentary

[@mattyl9299]

I know not everyone always likes reading instruction manuals when setting things up, but for motherboards your manual can be an absolute god send. Reading mine saved me a lot of time setting up my rig, always take the time to get it right the first time.

[@jrose-xp6tf]

Yep, I keep PDFs of every board manual for easy reference.

[@ShawnKavanagh]

I want to know as much as possible about my new plot of land

[@nadtz]

The whole rtfm has saved me so much time with servers, one of those little things that honestly isn't worth the time except for when it is, then it can save you hours over not reading which makes up for all those other times.

[@nanotechnicianhq]

Even though this video's a year old, its still good content! Thanks!

[@4THOSEnotEFFECTED]

I actually read my manuals too and i bought the msi gaming force Z590 for the I9 10900k basically for the build quality and look of the board both. It's nice to know i am not the only one even if i know something who actually reads manuals. Thats just playing it smart i think. I even take my time reading multiple reviews and watching reviewers because there is always something to learn if your building your own pc that you might miss and could end up making a purchase you kick yourself for. Rock on tech and Rougue!!!

[@HellsingGhrey-ht2wg]

This is actually interesting and informative. Wow. I've gotta start reading those motherboard books...I wonder who actually designs the motherboards...

[@pascaldifolco4611]

In addition using a PCIE card in the PCIeX4 slot to put a M2 NVMe is also a good idea to get better thermals, my SN850 was cooked in the mobo... With a X570 mobo I didn't suffer any performance loss neither

[@mikewright2858]

I have a 590 board with a Rocket Lake and have all three M2 slots filled. Works great. Top slot is a Gen 4 nvme, bottom two are Gen 3.

[@Kisame663]

This is why I bought the X570 Taichi, I'd rather lose the x4 pcie slot than lose SATA ports when adding a 3rd M.2 drive

[@BodethIII]

or just get adapter card to put m.2 into the x4 pcie slot. Running three NVMEs this way on my tuf x570, two M.2 slots + adapter card in x4 pcie slot.

[@Kisame663]

@@BodethIII did you even read what I typed?

[@danielramdin9367]

good ole ASROCK

[@bowkid1820]

Bro I also have that motherboard. Do you know what SSD nvme you used on your computer? I’m trying to add a new one to my computer

[@Kisame663]

@@bowkid1820 Think it's a 1TB crucial P2

[@Airwolf2030]

I always read the manual on my motherboard so I know it's features and it's limitations, also for future pc system upgrades I like to read the manual for the new motherboards online and pick the best one that's in my budget

[@williamg7138]

Lol good on you bud

[@tibielias]

Once you figured out what PCIe lanes are, how many you have in your motherboard and how their configuration changes when you slot a component in (yeah, you need to read the manual for that), It's pretty easy to master it.

[@ShomyMK]

That is great suggestion with the m2 to pcie x4 m2 card slot, I have one on my x370 it works perfectly, but be warned some of them have speed limits ( they are saying it is 3.0 pcie x4, but it is not). And yeah I checked the mobo how it works and I had to use second x16 slot for it, at least the x370 chipset has some value instead of the b350 lol

[@MrGrombie]

Is it the same with the Z790 boards with 4 slots?

[@gamester0123]

Gigabyte x570 aorus master is the example you're looking for that is straightforward on populating everything and losing sata ports. You lose sata ports 5 and 6 for the 3rd nvme

[@micobugija6284]

Shame. On my asrock x570 taichi l lose 2 out of 8 SATA by populating the 3rd m.2 slot Of course lm losing also the thunderbolt port and the bottom x4 (physical x16) slot, as you do on most mobo

[@Airwolf2030]

true, but you don't lose sata port 5&6 on the 3rd m.2 slot in sata mode though, also I have the same x570 master motherboard and I like it so far

[@rayikaikin]

i also have the x570 master and i have 3 nvme plugged in. when i read that warning before even buying the board i thought to myself why would i ever need those disabled sata ports anyways but i can see someone wanting it all lol

[@micobugija6284]

@@Airwolf2030 the x470 were garbage. I trust the x570 are better... well as long as its not the cheapest x570 naturally

[@micobugija6284]

@@rayikaikin I plan on building a threadripper HTPC 🤣🤣 With 20 ish HDD in the fractal design case. Already got 2 HBA cards for it 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@portman8909]

So I found out the Z490 boards support 1 gen 4 NVMe that connects to the CPU if it's 11th gen. However if all NVMe's are gen 3 you will not get any benefit going from 10th gen to 11th gen intel as it will use the chipset.

[@BakedKipling]

My ASUS board disables sata 5 & 6 if the M.2 is in use, i found this out recently when adding a SSD

[@nomanawan8870]

yeap the ROG strix z490-e gaming disables 5 and 6 (I think some of the other asus z490 do the same)

[@chriss2595]

RTFM lol, but so true! On the other hand, al that chaotic cr*p that we have now with SSD's. All motherboard manufacturers should make only M.2 NVME-ready boards, period. The same with USB, make one good USB-C like Thunderbolt. What a mess now.

[@atibakojo3478]

This was extremely helpful since I am in that situation. Didn't make sense to get a 11 gen. I'll just do the work around. Or use it as an external drive.

[@patrickprafke4894]

I gave 2 Samsung 950 pro's on riser cards in my X58 system. Works great.

[@dystopia-usa]

I personally don't see the use/need for more than one M.2 drive & use a single 2TB Solidigm/Intel P44 Pro Gen4 M.2 2280 NVMe (1200 TBW endurance) in my recent 1440p system build. My secondary/archive drive is a 960GB Solidigm/Intel D3-S4620 Enterprise/Data-Center Class 2.5" SATA SSD (7100 TBW endurance). All that I need for my gaming & home use.

[@the_desert_dweller]

X570 AMD 5900X Im currently using all M.2 including RAID 0 on 2 drives and OS on the other... so YES if your using AMD it works, be aware it will take some bios settings to get all to work in raid and legacy drive modes.

[@user-ty7tv1lc8w]

does installing more than one nvme m.2 affect performance or is that just a myth??

[@PAUL-1961.]

I am glad i went with rysen,i don't have that problem,all my m.2 slots are useable

[@matyjasz80]

I did read manuals before buying motherboard and got MSI MAG B560 Mortar to be able to use all M.2 slots with 10700 I don’t care if one is SSD and other PCI3 I’m not professional to need full speed data transfers and there is minor differences in real windows / game life between ssd and pci 3 Oh and got motherboard on deal and paid for processor £230 when 5600x was for £300 I believe it was good deal

[@MissCloud9]

My Z390 can use both, manual had no preference. Older Skylake board only had one. I don't have as high capacity of a large/multiple nvme use case though.

[@AbdoZaInsert]

“RTFM” Stands for “Read The Fookin Manual”

[@LeMMingSlayeR]

I have all my m.2 slots populated, the chances of all of them being utilized simultaneously is very small, I’ve never run into any issues. X570 Gaming Edge WiFi.

[@Mach141]

Its all in the manual. Thats why they make them. Use it.

[@general-cromwell6639]

Even the old Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER (I have an I9-9900k) can use all 3 M2, but have to give up some sata for it. And yes...read those manuals, it will save a bunch of headaches later. All the best. Cheers.

[@westfield90]

Great explanation.

[@frattuncbas]

My Tomahawk b550 has all slots full on board and external usb and type c connections 😂 still working very well..8 tb nvme's and many hdd 32 tb. 10 disks total.

[@viktorbjorkman5632]

TLDR: Yes, I can use all 4 M.2 slots on my motherboard at once. I currently use 3 of them. Gigabyte X570S Aero G

[@ICANanimations]

I looked at all of these pages, and still i came here because i dont understand. Altho i see 2 diagrams at the beginning that one of them says the m.2 is directly connected to the cpu and in your video i saw the diagram saying ita connected to the bus

[@daisyduck8593]

What do you think is faster for the games data installation ? An 2TB M.2 drive encrypted with Bitlocker that is connected directly to the CPU with its x4 lane (as C: main drive). Or the games data on a second 2TB M.2 drive that is not bitlocker encrypted and not connected directly to the CPU with the lane, but via x4 to the chipset ?

[@glennedward2201]

Z590 Aorus ultra top NVME works fine with 11900k. Didn’t know this was even an issue when i set it up last year. I did however notice my sata 1 port doesn’t work with an NVME in the top slot due to the fact it has shared bandwidth.

[@tranquilthecat3417]

RTFM I always cross reference the manual on every build, especially for Bios info.

[@stanpikaliri1621]

Intel Processors usually actually have 20 lanes 4 lanes go to DMI and you left with 16 for PCE X16.

[@Arevernus]

Always read the manual regardless of your experience.

[@michaelpearson9]

If i use 3x m.2 drives i lose all sata ports tried it and dosnt work so i have 1 m.2 drive with 3 sata drives

[@jakesmith5278]

This show should give warning: "for tech-savvy only"

[@iordanchis2437]

I want a Motherboard, that I can fill all of its ports, without compromses. Nothing more. Even if it's just the bare minimum. At least I know that what I see is what I get.

[@nyiceone2075]

This the reason I went AMD. I own aorus master x570 with 3 m.2 they all work fine just lose 2 sata connection which is fine. Great board. Previous build is z370 and I knew Intel hasn’t gotten their pci 4.0 straight yet so never consider z470 or z570. It’s all marketing, sadly many people don’t do their homework

[@jimashby43]

This was good, I totally get it now. Thanks

[@Revener666]

Motion sickness from scrolling? Not with a CRT monitor. :)

[@GySgt_USMC_Ret.]

Hello. I'm from the future. My Z790-E has 5 M.2 slots. Fair winds and following seas to all.

[@sf498]

There are 5xx series MSI boards that have a switch that will let you run 3rd gen m.2 in the top slot off the chipset

[@ewitte12]

The main thing I miss about threadripper. I have two permanent m.2 drives and one in a hot swap bay in a 3.0x4 slot. I never feal like changing...

[@OledBurnInKing]

I have the 9900k with a msi z390 godlike motherboard with 4 pcie gen 3 slots and I have 3 nvme 970 evo plus 2 of them are 2tb each and one 250 gb and 2 sata ssd 1tb each 860 evo, my motherboard came with an additional expansion card for the pcie gen 3 to add 2 more nvme. I could have a total of 5 nvme as well as 2 sata ssds to go along on my motherboard if I wanted to. I might consider it if 6.25 tb is not enough storage by adding 2 more nvme 970 evo plus at 2tb each with (10.25 tb) to be determined. I thought about having two 2080 ti's for 4k but I decided to stick with one 2080 ti since I wanted to game at native 4k with rtx on but dlss off and ray tracing does not support nv link that's why I decided to stick with one 2080 ti. At one point I was considering an rtx titan or an even a 2080 ti kingpin but I don't have liquid nitrogen. My motherboard has an overclocking knob for overclocking to 5.7 ghz. I decided to get an evga 2080 ti ftw 3 instead since I'm not gonna be doing alot of benchmarking or going for breaking records. This is gonna be an extreme overkill, but I wish cpus could overclock to 10ghz, gpus at 10ghz and ram at 10ghz. I hope in the future that graphics for games would be so detailed and lifelike and advanced that it would be hard to tell a difference between a video game graphics and watching movies in 4k with lots of details, colors and hdr. Basically it would be interesting if games were made in 4k like having movies on a 4k uhd disc uncompressed. They would take tons of data and storage but the graphics would be insane and so immersive.

[@guilladogui8259]

I have and old system asrock z370 gaming k6 I have a thunderbolt 3 pcie card that was working fine now I just installed a rtx3080 rog strix and it dint want to recognize it I did a cmos reset now the gpu works but the thunderbolt won’t work now how I can manage the settings

[@ecobasetech4558]

So much for NOT giving us motion sickness.....LOL

[@anthonygalatolo4026]

can I use 2 nvme on my board when i use my alienware it keeps stalling but when i remove it it boots into windows ty

[@kfox420]

I have a B550 board, and if I use the second NVMe slot, the second pcie slot will be disabled. So I have to chose between the NVMe or pcie for that second slot, because the chipset can only run one at a time.

[@Bdot888]

which B550 board do you have?

[@kfox420]

@@Bdot888 MSI B550-A pro

[@ksw8934]

i never read manuals, i always throw them away. but stay away from my motherboard manual that thing is holy.

[@jamesrowe9833]

That’s a lot of talk for a simple answer. You don’t have to perform an essay for every question, you can easily just get to the point and stay on track

[@BodethIII]

strix x570-e doesn't disable anything no matter what you plug in, all slots and satas active. granted theres only 2 m.2 slots on it, thats why. x570 mobos that have 3 m.2 slots, takes either to disabling 2 sata ports or the last pcie x16 slot (electrically x4) to enable that 3rd m.2. i run three nvmes, by two m.2 slots and an adapter m.2 card in the last pcie slot. i also can do the same on Tuf x570 as well, via the 2 m.2 slots + adapter card method.

[@AJ-lv4ck]

Gigabyte Aourus Z490 Ultra, three M.2. The CPU m.2 slot is wired to chipset if comet lake CPU is installed.

[@workoutmusichuj8801]

yall came in clutch

[@oliviamoore3426]

But what if I like to install a stock cooler on my i9? Lololol 😂😂 (joking)

[@BaerentoeterLP]

It's ok, as long as you do not turn it on.

[@uzigaming9294]

My msi mpg z590 gaming plus motherboard have 3 m.2 port but the m.2 first slot is not showing m.2 ssd what can I do please

[@berniculus]

yes. Asus TUF Z370 and 8700K using two M.2. Two of six SATA ports are disabled. ($380 bundle at microcenter)

[@bes12000]

I have a MSI Meg X570 ACE motherboard with 3 Samsung 980 Pro M.2 SSD's and it works perfectly fine, 2 of them are in a raid config for games

[@mikev.7361]

Man, I thought you were going to do an exhaustive explanation of which boards can handle the 4th gen M.2 drives I have an X570 Asus Rog viii hero wifi

[@Spacekiller34]

Hey guys so I have a question. I have a Gigabyte Z590 AORUS PRO AX motherboard Intel i9-11900k . This motherboard has 4 M.2 slots and i am thinking about getting a Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 1TB PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology to add to my storage. So from my understanding the first slot is probably the slot i wouldn't want to use so which M.2 slot would i put my new ssd in?

[@Tironaimemo]

Hi if you can help mi i have asRock Phantom Gaming 4 H570 with 3 slot m.2 i have intel i5 10500 my question is can i use the 3 slot m2 thanks for your answer bless

[@dukesaru]

Im having trouble getting both m.2 slots on my motherboard to work. When i installed the 2nd m.2, my pc stopped recognizing my SSD which had my bootdrive on it and my PC wouldnt boot. Any ideas why?

[@dave-3187]

hi I don't know whether you can help me or not upgraded my bios now my pci-express card does not work .and I put it in the last slot it worked before I updated the bios

[@Aperher1]

I tried using dual NVMe SSDs on a Z390 Gigabyte Designare and the PC wouldn't even let me get into the BIOS. I wasn't aware that there was such an issue with that configuration. So just so you know, it may happen to you.

[@Trip4man]

Have a Z390 Pro... Not sure what you did there. I haven't got a M.2 NVMe drive yet but the maximum I'm expecting is to lose SATA ports. And that's fine with me. But how come you can't get in the BIOS?? The BIOS does have the option to disable M.2 ports sooooo... Maybe that's the problem?!

[@clausbohm9807]

She is so impatient, ha ha ha!

[@kennyx4710]

i guess my MSI Z490 Gaming Plus Rocks lol, i can use my top slot with a 10th gen cpu and i can use a Gen 4 ssd with an 11th gen cpu, although it only has 2 m.2 slots 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@LadiesmanAchmed]

okay...

[@kennyx4710]

@@LadiesmanAchmed why lol, i just shared my experience 😂

[@ze-ph9774]

Some MSI boards do have a switching M.2 lane feature. For example the B560M Mortar Wi-Fi m.2 top slot can be used on a 10th Gen Intel CPU. But it will only deliver PCIE GEN 3.0 speed and I believe the SATA port number 2 will be disabled. Using 11th Gen Intel CPU will switch its lane back to PCIE GEN 4.0 and SATA port number 2 will be available.

[@kennyx4710]

@@ze-ph9774 yeah i've noticed it's connecting on a chipset level in BIOS

[@talihaer]

Dose haveing too many m.2 ssd affect my gpu

[@ThePaalanBoy]

I was looking for how to activate the 4th slot on my Z590-E I got the 11900K so it has the feature, but how do I switch the second PCIe slot over to let the 4th M.2 slot to activate? Idk what to click in the BIOS

[@cmasscmass]

My friend had the Z390 master and after reading and reading that book I Had to have every Motherboard of Class ("Top Tier"). Z390 & Intel 9700k, Z490 & Intel 10900k, Z590 & Intel 11900k, and the Z690 & 12900k, and I have an Eye open on the AMD X570S & AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. Each MOB will have x2 2TB M.2, x2 2TB SSDs, x4 16GB 3000MHZ Ram kits, x2 18TB Reds and RTX 3090s, and RTX 3060 vid cards and a goal of having 5 Bay NAS x5 18TB Reds. So if I live long enough to capture some (" James Webb Telescope Found Galaxies") and maybe be able to turn all this Hardware into my own UFO SERVER CLASS LAND SAT BASE SYSTEM prototype!

[@mrcinematic5611]

I have a 10900K in a z590 MOBO.. works perfectly fine and no issues.. but ofcouse I had to put my 980 Samsung M.2 on the bottom slot.. btw with a 3080 strix GPU.. no problem..

[@seanC3i]

Some graphics cards are physically PCI Express 16x but electrically 8x, or so I read. Would your viewer need to worry too much about using the second PCI Express slot for an M.2 adapter?

[@GuitaristZep]

Hello, can you recommend a 500Gb NVME M.2 SSD for ASUS B450m Pro II Motherboard? I have Ryzen 5 3600 CPU running on it

[@danieljones9937]

The manual is indeed king. I just don't understand people who just dive in and only read it when they come up against some problem or other. For example, on my (less expensive) B550 board, if you use the second M.2 slot (it only has two), it actually knocks out the PCIe x4 slot. Arrrrr Teeee Efffff Emmmmm....

[@1300l]

I have a Gigabyte Aorus B660 PRO DDR4 (brand new) And it's a pain to make the top slot to recognize the NVME. It sucks, some times it work but as soon as i open the PC (even to just swap the cooler and not the NVME) it just wont recognize. So i need to use the 2nd slot..

[@nickfitz9800]

I have the Intel 10850k with the Aorus Pro AX motherboard. Can install more storage in my second m.2 slot?

[@King716]

I just got a ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII x570 wifi board and a 5900x. It's not recognizing my boot m.2 drive in the top slot but i cant figure out how to get it to work. I'm also having issues trying to update the bios via the usb bios flashback feature. Does anyone have any tips on how to enable the m 2 slot and/or a more thorough explanation on how to get the bios updated? When i try to update the bios via flashback, the led flashes like 3-5 time and goes solid and never turns off. Please, any help is greatly appreciated as this is my personal rig and its been down for days as i was waiting for the mobo to be delivered (old mobo went bad).

[@EricTheBroBean]

hello can someone help me enable 16x pcie for my gpu? its fully supported by the mb, cpu and gpu even in gpu-z but it never runs more than 4x 3.0 even when it says in gåuz it can run in 16x and it also say in nvidia control panel bus 16x something something. i suspect my m2 nvme pcie 4x ssd is gay.

[@nosee8466]

when will the Ryzen 5000 XT processors be out?

[@GemiNiweaPon91]

can you have one m.2 plus m.2 card and two harddrivs

[@PC-ONE]

Well, I have a Ryzen CPU on an Aorus Master X570 MB and I don't have any issue with my 3 M.2 drives installed.

[@Jfscn]

Can we use 4 ssd in one motherboard

[@brab199]

Please Help Can you please explain? I’ve been told m.2’s share the gpu x16 slot & makes it a x8? I’m in the process of picking parts for my new pc build. I’m getting a 4090 so I don’t want the m.2s sharing that x16 gpu slot. If there is a video explaining it can someone point me in the right direction. Thanks It’s so damn confusing to me.

[@paulomiguel_]

Do I need to use both m.2 slots or I can just install my 2tb m.2 on one slot rather than installing two 1tb on each slot? Would the performance be the same using only one slot than using both? Thanks

[@joshtheking1772]

Comet Lake , Rocket Lake, Meteor Lake, Throw it in the Lake. Intel....oh nvm.....

[@typeunknown1540]

Can't wait for Lava Lake

[@wolfshanze5980]

At least they change part of the name... as opposed to Ryzen, Ryzen, Ryzen, Ryzen, Ryzen.

[@2684dennis]

What if i want 1 M.2 drive with only steam on it and steam games, can i take that drive to a new computer without issues?

[@valodia1991]

Yes, you can

[@2684dennis]

@@valodia1991 thanks, is it that easy as i think it is, afhter you got youre windows installed just pop in that drive and its ready to run?

[@valodia1991]

@@2684dennis that's correct, you just run the Steam exe and it should install

[@dreamship563]

hi. i just bought a ryzen 7 5700g processor and WD Black SN850 nvme ssd 500Gb gen4, Samsung 970 evo plus 1Tb nvme ssd, Samsung 860 evo 500gb ssd. I need bios update button and display port on the mobo. b550 or x570 would be handle all of the hard drives without losing speed and sata ports? When gpu prices will be normal i will go with the ryzen 9 5900x and a gpu. So need someting future proof. thank you.

[@mer1boss_883]

Can I use a 2280 m.2 in a 2210 slot ?

[@jas.cinema]

Does it matter which slot you use on a b450?

[@thedarkangelpt]

Damn I got confused... I have a 5900x and a x570 tomahawk. Can I use 2 nmve ssd? Sabrent rocket and wd sn850?

[@BrettCulley]

what about using 4m.2's on the z690 boards? will the gpu still run at 16x? i have 3 installed on a gigabyte z690 gaming x with 3 nvme drives working fine. I ordered a 4th m.2 for the 4th slot to run all 4 in raid 0. any thoughts?

[@dejanpetkovski8761]

Why you simple don,t push CTRL+F and type what you need to search.

[@d1m18]

This topic seems generic but they actually only cite two very specific examples, that you can then use as a base for research.

[@Yhattiee]

Hello, just curious is anyone would know whats causing my second NVMe to not appear in bios or disk manager. Mobo is a Asrock z390 pro GPU - 2070s CPU - i5 9600k Currently have a WD Blue SN550 500GB NVMe installed and working fine and trying to install a Western Digital WD Black SN750 in the bottom m.2 slot but doesnt seem to be detected anywhere. On the website for my mobo is says it supports Gen3x4 and the new NVMe says its backwards compatible with Gen 3 as well. Tried a few things i seen online but no luck. Also dont know too much about pc's myself so any help is appreciated. Thanks

[@williamhogan675]

Thanks!!!

[@omaraguilar1953]

I’m using a 1tb m.2 Seagate 530 firecuda ssd on a intel i9 11900k cpu w/ gigabyte z590 vision d lga1200 MB and I was wondering if I could add another ssd on my next m.2 slot that only supports Gen 3 with a Sabrent 2TB Rocket NVMe beneath my Gen 4 slot ?

[@JumboGaming200]

i use both m.2 on my gigabyte b550i no issue

[@aphaseelec]

Your gpu will be running on 8 channels instead of the 16, but like you said most people wouldn't even notice the difference because it has very little effect. Plus the loss of two sata ports again you would most likely have 4 others spare.

[@michaelpearson9]

Im using the top slot with a 10900k and no issues but am on msi thoe