Don't make these mistakes with your NVMe SSD installation - NVMe tips and tricks

In this video, we're going to be talking about some of the most common mistakes that people make when installing a NVMe SSD, and how to avoid them. We're also going to be going over some of the best ways to measure the performance of a NVMe SSD, and dispel some of the myths about NVMe PCIe speeds.
If you're looking to install a NVMe SSD in your computer, then this video is for you! We'll cover everything from the basics of NVMe SSDs to the best way to install them. We'll also discuss some of the key factors to consider when choosing a NVMe SSD, and how to measure their performance.
The process for installing is really easy but may vary depending on your motherboard - some have heatsinks and different screw setups. It's also worth checking your manual as you may find that not all the drives work the same way.
NVMe installation is easy in theory but it's important to keep these things in mind:
- Use the top spot where possible to ensure x4 PCIe lanes
- Remove any plastic stickers from heatsinks and shields
- Use thermal pads to disperse heat
- If you install multiple drives this may reduce PCIe lanes available for your GPU
- You may need to change settings in your BIOS
- When installing in Windows use the Disk Management/Create a partition settings to set the drive up
- Always benchmark to make sure it's running as it should be.
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[@sashomedia]

At Disk Formatting section of the video, it is good to be mentioned of 10-20% of the total amount of the disk space, to be left as unlocated for long reliability and data integrity of the SSD disks

[@LifeIsButaBluff]

You should check the MB manual for the bifurcation table which will detail PCIE lane sharing details.

[@danieldelgado6552]

Love this! I just recently added my SSD to the wrong slot after checking in Samsung magician. I'm still new to the custom PC space, so videos like this help me out a ton! Thanks for the tips/guide!

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Glad I could help!

[@Starsnu1]

Thanks you for these great tips. I don't have any Gen 4 stuff yet, but I'll make sure my 3 NVMe's are working properly thanks to your video!

[@Murph9000]

It's not always the top slot. Some boards steal PCIe 5 lanes from the GPU in the top slot (M.2_1), reducing your GPU from x16 to x8. This would be less of an issue with a PCIe 5 GPU, but the current generation of GPUs are PCIe 4, and will lose performance. The correct slot for a gen 4 drive can be M.2_2, if the board routes the CPU's x4 lanes there.

[@Wedgeman_Riley]

thats why you dont buy intel, ryzen doesnt have this problem because it has 28 gen 5 lanes on the 7000 series

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

Its a good general rule of thumb, but if you are assembling your own PC motherboard up, then you can take the time to read some labels or the owners manual to see what is the proper slot for gen 4 support. Some boards even have the "dimm .2" slots next to the ram that allow 2 nvme similar to his pcie dual nvme card.

[@Sl0th150]

@@Wedgeman_Riley really random and kind of irrelevant to the current topic but thoughts on the x670e-a strix mobo? Trying to find a white one that would go with a 7950x especially after seeing your comment about the 28 gen 5 lanes.

[@Arcangel2992]

@@Wedgeman_Riley that’s convenient, I have an x570 board with a 5800x and I was worried about adding another NVME

[@Wedgeman_Riley]

@@Sl0th150 the x670e gaming is a good motherboard if your willing to spend alot and will work well with the 7950x because it has good power delivery and enough gen 5 lanes to support a gpu and 2 nvme ssds at gen 5 which is the most the board supports and still has enough gen 5 lanes for any expansion cards like an elgato capture card

[@glynndavies2335]

Followed your instructions on my 10 year old pc after purchasing a ssd. Thank you so much for the information as my computer is like new now and it was so easy to do using your instructions 😀 😊

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

👍

[@netizen9329]

Happy to see NVMe slot between CPU and peg slot. I was the engineer inside Intel added a nvme to desktop in Skylake time keeping atx form factor.

[@julienkrause4149]

Big support for the channel and keep on making awesome content and guides and giveaways in the future as well. Worked for me

[@hexcei]

This seems to be a very underrated channel, the content is excellent. One question I had and was confusing from the manual, is there a difference or something to be aware of when installing NVME double sided vs single. It mentions rubber grommets and seems slot dependent looking at a ASUS z790 manual. - Cheers

[@83n80y]

If it's double-sided then you'll need cooling on both sides. The rubber pads they often provide would buffer the metal on the bottom side from scratching the motherboard and preventing shorts. You won't see a double-sided NVMe unless you're using a very high capacity drive. All the 2TB and less I've seen are single-sided. You can tell by where the memory chips are. The back side will only have a sticker.

[@Voidrunner01]

You can just right-click the Windows start button and go right to disk management directly in Windows 11. If I remember right, the same shortcut works in 10 as well.

[@suvetar]

Thank you so much for this! You explained clearly and deffo saved me from a lot of pain, installing my new 990 2Tb. Love your style so: liked, Subbed, shared and commented! May I ask, nay beg, that you make a vid explaining the subtleties of provisioning, over or under!? I truly love the way you explain things and I'm sure that with your guidance, the penny will finally drop! Thank you once again, you are a legend, Sir!

[@JayPFresh227]

Very Informative Video i also have the Z690 Formula and regularly use armoury crate, i can now check my WD Black SN850 drives are performing as they should be. Thank You!

[@esmereldaerasmus1783]

Thank you for this video this is the First time installing a SSD like this, Really helped

[@gibbysworldoftech]

As always a soothing and helpful guide for this nutty new technology. As some have mentioned, you should definitely be looking at your motherboard manual. I think people try to wing it too much and with m.2 you cannot do that. Many people don't know you will often lose the use of a few sata ports when using m.2 on certain slots as well. I check m.2 configuration before I even buy a motherboard so I know it will work for my need.

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

True

[@drunkhusband6257]

New? The tech is like 10 years old now

[@Lockjaw7192]

@@drunkhusband6257 some people are upgrading to a motherboard with NVME support for the first time. i got some used PC parts about 2 months ago and it was the first motherboard i owned with NVME support. i had no idea NVME slots would disable SATA ports on the motherboard. I had my optical drive plugged into sata port 6 and then installed my secondary NVMe SSD. then i wondered if my Bluray drive broke. nope. the NVMe being plugged in disabled SATA ports 5 and 6.

[@JohnDoeWasntTaken]

@@drunkhusband6257 Yup, my Z97 motherboard has an M.2 slot, definitely not as new as one would think.

[@jirehla-ab1671]

Is it possible to boot into u.2 ssd if its inserted to an u.2 to m.2 adapter?​@@TheProvokedPrawn

[@BeefIntoCake]

This video is really good. Well done mate !

[@Goatshaver]

Thanks! This was perfect info for me to install my new NVME SSD.

[@TheLordNugget]

I will say, that you should check your motherboard's manual before installing. My Asus ROG Strix B650 mobo doesn't state that one slot is better than another. My old Asrock X370 Tai Chi directed me to put the sata drive in the top slot and the NVMe drive in the second slot for full speeds.

[@MrCan3112]

How did you install your m.2? Die you use the rubber pad to prevent the m.2 from bending?

[@hansvanderniet9376]

Thank you. I just installed a 2nd 4TB ssd on the motherboard, and it didn't show, but after watching your video above regarding "disk management " it came alive 😊

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Glad it helped

[@BadHorsie1]

did it show in bios?

[@Grievous-]

Thank you for helping me with my very first NVME selection and installation.

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Glad to help!

[@absentism]

Very informative video! You've helped me ensure my new Crucial P3 NVMe was running optimally. Keep up the good work, Prawn!

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Great to hear!

[@jcesparza7490]

Thanks installed extra ssd and I didn’t see it on pc, followed your easy steps and I am good to go. Thanks.

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

You're welcome!

[@coina-dig-tion6322]

thanks. will be sure to check that speed. About to add a 2tb ssd and will check the speed for sure now.

[@mckrackin5324]

Very useful. Thanks. I was curious what speed my SSDs were since I have a 5700g CPU. Evidently, doesn't matter. I found my Gen 3 SSD at Gen 3 speed and my Gen 4 SSD at Gen 4. I have a 4TB Gen 4 coming tomorrow to replace my Gen 3 drive and I'm happy to see I didn't waste $50. lol... No need to replace the 5700g just yet.

[@murderbot4313]

This was highly informative - thank you so much.

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

You are so welcome!

[@rankisdumb214]

I never thought to check the m.2 speed/lanes. I have 1 firecuda 530 2tb and 2 Samsung 980pro 1tb. I remember using the magician software on my ddr4 board and when I used their benchmark it never reached the rated speed. This is probably the reason. God there's so much to learn.

[@selocan469]

Most informative and well prepared video about the subject yet, thank you very much

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Thank you.

[@rmorenberg]

some new info for me thank you. I didn't know how much more armory could do

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

No problem!

[@sincerelyyours7538]

Thanks. Should com in handy as I am now building a new PC to replace the one I built 15 years ago. Data storage technology has changed a lot since then. Never heard of NVMe or M.2 until I began researching parts for the new system.

[@strangerfrijoles7668]

thanx for the help i added an extra drive and was wonder what the heck went wrong but with your video i was able to easily figure out the system forgot to name the drive easily fixed it

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@richardpollock9027]

Good to know. Thanks a ton. The next gen AMDs are starting with 88 PCIe lanes.

[@mrdkuss5012]

Really appreciate your vids you explain things so easily for us noobs this is key SO from me THANKS & I’m sure everyone, so helpful & Respect keep up the great work 100%👍🏼🥇✅

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Glad to hear it!

[@abrahamarmani2693]

The P.Prawn just gave a whole bunch of crucial info on PCI NVMe that every mid-level user has to know. what makes it better is that it was delivered effectively under 10 minutes. Bravoooo

[@localnemesis82]

Just read the manual it will tell you which pci slot combo would work to get the maximum speed. It is actually better to read about it before buying the mobo ☺️.

[@rudysal1429]

Yup, and if you need to change the pciex16 to x8 so you can use the other slot. Had to figure this out on my server the other day. Also chipsets will usually tell you which have more m.2 slots and support full speeds.

[@claudiabailey5302]

Thank you for the video I felt like I was listening to a radio DJ very clear and nice voice

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Face for radio, voice for KZbin. :)

[@iamamish]

I don't think you mentioned it, one thing I'd add is that for whatever reason, the retention screws for M.2 drives are exceptionally easy to strip. After stripping two of them, I went and bought an IFixIt kit. You don't really need to go that far, but you probably want to make sure you're using a Phillips #1 bit. Often it doesn't matter w/ Phillips heads, but in this case it does.

[@elm4nsuri]

nah. only you had to be careful of this.....

[@iamamish]

@@elm4nsuri Certainly possible! But I've never had this issue with any other screw type, and yet I've had the problem each time I've had to install an M.2 drive.

[@taylormeyer671]

There's really no reason to overtighten any screws on a PC. Working on a car it could happen but stripping a screw on a PC is completely out of the question.

[@iamamish]

@@taylormeyer671 for me the issue wasn't overtightening - the issue was that the bit didn't fit very well. The M2 screws really want a P1 bit. Normally with other screws you can use other phillips bits, but not for the M2

[@uncrunch398]

It's always a best practice to use a bit that fits the screw snug. Philips was intended to prevent overtightening though. If you have precise control of your driver, torx would be better if it's an option. Over tightening is bad, slamming the tip of a driver into a circuit board is much worse.

[@n0spam911]

FYI always read the M/B guidance some M/B will reduce the speed on the GPU lane, and some will say slot 1 and slot 2 cannot be populated simultaneously

[@bajannovazone]

i love nvme info videos, great video

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@superunknown4489]

Awesome video. Clear

[@marcusjames1221]

Great video thoroughly enjoyed it very well detailed and understood everything you said thank you

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you enjoyed enough to subscribe 🦐

[@JakeBlack999]

another great video prawn! well done, thanks

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Thanks again!

[@Photoshopuzr]

Hey man, this helped me get full 4.0 speeds from my mobo, it was m.2 2_2 had to swap them around just got a new gen 4, thanks.

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Glad I could help

[@josh_ari]

Thanks for the video. excellent job. Very informative and well presented.

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Matlockization]

You woke me up to some of the limitations.

[@some______guy]

thx. had no idea I needed to mount it.

[@peerpede-p.]

Very informative, useful...

[@MADHIKER777]

Incredibly useful video, as are all your videos!

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Very kind

[@dROp-dsL]

Thanks for the lesson. Subbed

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Welcome!

[@LittleFellaDynamics]

Excellent information >> perfect for what I needed to know thank you 👌💯👀🎥😎🌟

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@moisesmillan2726]

Hey! Thanks for your video. I am building a PC and I bought two same exact M2 SSD. When installing windows, how do I make sure I select the fastest one? Not sure what to do. If I install one first it will be a pain in the butt to remove the GPU to install the second one

[@daviddavid9459]

Excellent 👌

[@jamodpower2]

I know you might not see my comment amongst all the other comments, but you sir, are a fantastic KZbinr and creator. This was seriously a high quality and educating video. I appreciate your effort and time you spend to make this video!

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Thanks. That's very nice of you

[@Onewa]

Excellent, thank you!

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Thanks for this well done and Informative video

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Thanks John. Glad you found it useful. Hope you enjoyed enough to subscribe 🦐

[@ABAtrading]

I didn’t have a screw but I read on Reddit somones been using it without m.2 screw without any issues for a little over 3 years now sooo 😬 I’ll take my chances lol

[@lolzorsPwnage]

Wouldn't putting thermal pads under the m.2 drive increase the temperature transfer to the area under the m.2? Just a little confused for my build

[@marksadventures3889]

My main worry now is finding tower with less lights than Blackpool, what is it, don't they let needs in clubs or something? If I am building and want to use all 3 nvme m.2 drives does this mean a ball ache of adding one by one? I also want yo add 4 x 32 gb DDR4 ram. Any advice please. Great video - very clear and easy to follow.

[@r1pbuck]

I'm setting up a new gaming rig with 3 1Tb KC3000 drives on a Z790 Tomahawk MB...this is all very helpful. Any comments on the Kingston SSD Manager software in comparison to the Samsung Magic software?

[@McStubby74]

Great tips, I just subscribed, it's interesting to know about the possible GPU impact on installing more NVME's I'll just stick to having 2 and external ssd for storing my non essentials on.

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Here's a follow up that might be useful kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYWYZqmdmtqbhtE

[@jfdashley9028]

Thanks for this video.

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

You're welcome

[@IsyMaxine]

I'm a noob and this was super helpful lol. I was sweating buckets while adding the ssd to my pc lol. I felt like I was performing brain surgery😂😂 Thanks for great instructions! :)

[@ThoRax1337]

Would be intrested in knowing which Case you showed in this video? It looked so nice and clean!

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

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[@uncouthliyouth4486]

If you have bought a drive with a heatsink is it still necessary to lay it upon extra thermal padding? Installing into my new Aurora R15(2 TB 980 pro w/heatsink) and PS5(1 TB pro w/ heatsink) each. Basically is it not necessary to have thermal padding if you bought an ssd with a heatsink?

[@LARRYNH1]

Sir Thank you for the samsung ssd software tip- subscribed

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Welcome 👍

[@noOnieya]

Coolest PC building channel(sorry if that's limiting or making modest)if I ever saw one.

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Thank you 👍

[@bjmarchives]

Right, on my MSI motherboard (and many others) my secondary pcie x16 only supports up to 3.0.

[@juBeatz75]

thank you man!

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

You're welcome Julian!

[@dafyddthomas7299]

Thanks for a very useful video

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Thank you for watching! This one might be good too kzbin.info/www/bejne/noq8qpqcapxohJI

[@IanG66]

Hi, does Gen3 and Gen4 refer to the max supported version of the PCIe bus, or does it have correlation to the X4/X1 lane notation of the PCIe slots? If my motherboard only supports PCIe 3 - would it matter if I connected the drive to the X1, X4 or even an X16 slot?

[@Anton_dk]

Can you review the Lian Li 216 case?

[@CaptNemo_]

Hello provokedprawn I was wondering could you do a test of the current window 10 2h22 vs windows 11 2h22 in games to see if there is any improvement? Thx in advance if you do make a video of it.

[@92kosta]

Once I screwed in an NVMe SSD without the supporting screw hole under the SSD and it bent so much that I thought I snapped it. Nope, it still works to this day.

[@tankerock]

pcbs can bend quite a bit before snapping

[@thebenco21]

Thanks for this video. Could u answer a question for me please. I am currently building a new pc (after very long time) again. I never used m.2 (werent a thing, when i last have build one). I plan to use 2 m.2´s. A smaller one as systemdrive and a 2 TB one as gaming drive (both Samsung 980 Pro). The motherboard i want to buy is the ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-E (hopefully the i225-v doesnt screw me). Now my question: where should i place which M.2? Since, from my understanding the STRIX supports 2 equally fast m.2. slots its down to which drive will generate more heat (upper slot seems to have a much beefier headsink). So should i put the Systemdrive under the better heatsink or the Gamedrive? Also if any of my assumptions are wrong please let me know. Thanks in advance, and have a nice day.

I dont have a thermal sink for mine, is that ok? It's installed in the top slot. I spent a long time thinking of what slot should I use, because while the second one is apparently slower (only 2 slots in my mobo btw), it comes with a heatsink. On the other hand, it goes right below the graphics card, little room to breath under that hot thing.

[@utilityaccount8514]

m.2 4x4 cards are going to thermal throttle without oversize heatsinks so if you want RAID 0 you're going to probably want a riser cable somewhere

[@ATomCzech]

For example Z790 Aurorus Master and also some motherboard from ASUS share top m.2 slot with GPU PCIe slot, so it is not always a good idea to install disk to the top one.

[@vincewilson1]

I have the Z390 Ultra Aurorus from Gigabyte.

[@PeedPeeBody]

​@vincewilson1 same here.. I am beginning to believe the bottom slot is best. My graphics card is installed into the top PCIEX16 slot. Also the bottom heat sink will be perfect for my new 990pro ssd 🤔

[@KioMilenium]

Which PCIe 4x4 would you guys consider the best bang for the money?

[@dian970]

Thank you!

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

You're welcome!

[@easyrider3112]

You're missing a related option. If you are going after maximum nvme m.2 storage for minimum cash, you can use an interface converting device. Use 4 pcie x4 gen 2 drives over 1 pcie x4 gen 4 interface. This works by converting the slower older hen pcie protocol to the faster new gen protocol. Gen 4 throughput is double gen 3, which is double gen 2. At the end you are moving the same Gb/s through half or a quarter the same lanes because of the converter. You pick up a very small amount of latency but multiply the pcie lanes on desktop level systems reducing total cost.

[@Mangomaniac]

do you know if a ryzen 5800x3d pairs well with the msi x570s edge max wifi & a 250gb samsung 970 evolution plus with a 2tb 970 evo plus?

[@MrBfg586]

In my bios it's has the PCI set to auto. If I know it's 4th Gen ssd should I change it in the dropdown or should I leave it at auto?

[@Filmmaker809]

Very useful @The Provoked Prawn. My drives are x2 Samsung 990's and x 3 Crucial Gen 4 drives all running at Gen 2x1. I have an Asus Z790 Hero Motherboard, how do I get them running at the Full speed please?

[@Hoacakes]

Nearly 1 million views!

[@BadWeatherfreak]

Can i install the drive heatsink that comes with the motherboard on the second slot?

[@VikasKumar-yg4ez]

I recently added a 2nd nvme drive to my system but now it takes 1-2 minutes to boot, before it hardly took 7-8 seconds, I've tried everything in bios but unable to figure out the problem. X570 board, I'm using a Samsung 980 gen 3, wd sn770 gen 4 drive and a 2tb hard drive. Thankyou for the help

[@RMG50cal]

If my drive already has a heatsink, should I leave on the bottom thermal pad or take it off completely?

[@bobhakes1247]

What if you don’t put the main drive in first? Will that affect any performance?

[@TheHumbleRoots]

You mentioned using NVME in all slots reducing GPU PCIE to 8x. As I understand it, there is no current GPU that takes advantage of using 16X. For reference I am using Asrock Taichi z790 and Asus Tuf Oc 4070n ti. I plan on using the top slot and at least 2 others for NVME installation. Thanks. Great video

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

I've seen no negative impact from it

[@Rancid_Ninja]

My board states only the first slot uses the CPU lanes the rest use chipset lanes so they do not affect gpu

[@TimberWulfIsHere]

Not true at all. Put that 4070 in a pci 3.0 slot and see what happens to the memory bandwidth on the card.

[@TheHumbleRoots]

@@TimberWulfIsHere ummm nobody uses 3.0 lol

[@TimberWulfIsHere]

@@TheHumbleRoots you must be pretty fkin delusional to think that 100% of people are using minimum b550 mobos then.

[@joelopes6473]

I have been wondering about heatsinks and NVME m.2 ssd drives ... Should I buy with heatsinks? and if so should I use the factory heatsink or got with aftermarket? Examples: Samsung 980pro with or without heatsink as well as the Team Group z440.

[@ChayChay0510]

Little late but ALWAYS RESEARCH YOUR MOBO!!! I recently bought a board that comes with integrated m.2 covers but all the M.2 drives I have, have heatsinks. Removing heatsinks will void warranty, so be careful. The bare version will usually be cheaper so if you're getting an expensive mobo, which is more likely to have integrated heatsinks, you can shave like $20 off the cost of the board per m.2 since that's around how much cheaper it is to buy without the sink. The mobo sinks I have also don't have a plastic covering, they're just bare (probably because I bought a refurbished board but idk), so you can't really store them long term since open air will deteriorate the pad. I made my peace with it but if this helps I'd rather have not had to deal with it in the first place lol.

[@FloridaVibesOfficial]

I have a B650e-e gaming My top m.2 slot is 5.0 then my next down is 4.0 I have a WD SN850X 4TB so should I put in the 5.0 or 4.0 slot?

[@SomeRenoGuy]

I only install the m.2 drive on top if I'm side mounting video cards. Too much heat coming up from the video card to cook the m.2 drive regardless if the m.2 has a heatsink or not.

[@st.john_one]

do you have any idea, how to boot from pcix controller, with that disk (crucial p3) when c602 (enterprise for x79) recognize the controller in bios but can't boot up from it? liked and subscribed. greetings from PL

[@roykitcher8904]

Do you know if m.2 gen 4 is ok for a asus tuf a15 laptop or would a gen 3 be better

[@moneyylaundryy5360]

What should I do before putting the M.2 to my laptop

[@simon215a]

Nice voice bro. So comforting.

[@TheProvokedPrawn]

Thanks Anton. Sub to hear more of it 👍🦐

[@simon215a]

@@TheProvokedPrawn Thanks. Already did it. 😀👍

[@Phagocytosis]

I cannot get the M2 screw in. Or to be precise, the thicker screw that the other one goes into, the one that goes below the actual drive. Are you supposed to be able to just manually twist that in?

[@Jonfocus03]

Let me ask you this if I could... To start I have a asus rog strix x570-e(basically the same as yours) I have my C/boot drive in the top. It's running at 3.0x4. I just bought a new NVMe drive today. Can I/Should I move that first NVMe SSD to a lower port and put my new SSD in the top port? Or will that jack everything up? Like will my PC be looking at the old port like where the heck did everything go? Great video and thank you for the help.

[@ChazmillsADLT]

All well and good have ing sticky thermal tape inside the lid/top plate on these modern MBs but how do you remove them to change your SSD if the it is secured to the MB by a fastener and the thermal tape is doing its thing and is securely stuck? Just a thought

[@Mangomaniac]

will the ryzen 5800x3d pair well with the msi x570s edge max wifi & a 250gb samsung 970 evolution plus with a 2tb 970 evo plus?

[@akayla5435]

Is it possible to have a B & M keyed (2 notches) PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD in a 2280 form factor? I've only seen the one notch version as seen in your video.

[@patrykgrzyb2776]

What is the story with installing heatsink on the top of sticker ?

[@Igorboss97]

Im planning to add another ssd, i have a 970 pro and i want to add 990 pro as another one. Can i keep the 990 in any slot or it has to be the top slot for max performance? Also i have to copy all system and games on to the 990 from the 970 right?

[@j_shelby_damnwird]

I bought a couple of Adata XPG Gammix NVMEs for my build. They came with a separate, very thin aluminum heatsink cover. Should I put those on and then install the motherboard heatsinks on top of those? Or should I install them without their respective factory heatsink? (just using the mobo hs covers)