Gigabyte X570 Elite, 2 graphics cards & M.2 pcie

Admetos · 20 Mar 2020 at 23:09

Does anyone know if this board supports 2 graphics cards, and an M.2 pcie SSD also installed.

I checked the motherboard manual but found no mention. I know on Intel coffee lake platforms with M.2 pcie installed second graphics card is not available option, is this the case on X570 platform also?

Thanks
Jason

Mcnumpty2323 · 20 Mar 2020 at 23:25

My guess would be yes
Though card/cards might go to x8
Only got 1 gpu on my x570
But got 3 x M2 nvme drives and 3 sata drives as well
X570 has quite a lot of pci~e lanes

Admetos · 20 Mar 2020 at 23:53

The cards would only be Quadro cards used for 2D work, so low pcie speed would not matter.

Mcnumpty2323 · 21 Mar 2020 at 00:06

i think it will work
though not 100% sure as only read my manual regarding
how many M2 drives could run and which sata ports
i would lose running 3 x M2 nvme
i didnt look for anything about 2 x gpu
mine is x570 aorus ultra

EsaT · 21 Mar 2020 at 09:26

Aorus Elite doesn't share any lanes/wiring between different connectors/ports, including main CPU connected x16 slot.
Second x16 slot is connected to chipset running at x4.

Admetos · 21 Mar 2020 at 10:05

EsaT said:
Aorus Elite doesn't share any lanes/wiring between different connectors/ports, including main CPU connected x16 slot.
Second x16 slot is connected to chipset running at x4.

So just to confirm, will be fine running the M.2, or even both M.2's (there is two M.2 slots) and running two graphics cards will not be affected?

EsaT · 21 Mar 2020 at 10:21

Both M.2 slots have own dedicated wiring shared with nothing else.
Primary slot goes to CPU (like norm is nowadays) and second utilizes four lanes out of chipset's 16 lanes.
Which leaves 12 lanes for PCIe slots and peripheral controllers:
https://hexus.net/tech/features/mainboard/131789-amd-ryzen-3000-supporting-x570-chipset-examined/

It's those boards with three M.2 slots which might start sharing some PCIe lanes/wiring.
Though those boards usually share primary x16 slot's PCIe lanes (coming from CPU) with second x16 slot in 8x/8x config, which limits need of chipset's lanes for PCIe slots.
Except when designers waste lanes for x1 slots positioned to where they can never be used on most PCs, because of big graphics card covering them.

Gigabyte used common sense in slot positioning of Aorus Elite and didn't waste lanes for uselessly positioned slots.

Alex h · 21 Mar 2020 at 11:59

I think the x570 elite is crossfire not sli

Admetos · 21 Mar 2020 at 12:41

Another noob question.

I'm thinking of buying a Western Digital SN750, however the version without the heat sink. The x570 elite has a heatsink covering one of the M.2 ports. Do I fit the WD SN750, then put the Gigabyte heat sink over the top of the SN750?

Ree · 21 Mar 2020 at 12:44

JasonM said:
Another noob question.

I'm thinking of buying a Western Digital SN750, however the version without the heat sink. The x570 elite has a heatsink covering one of the M.2 ports. Do I fit the WD SN750, then put the Gigabyte heat sink over the top of the SN750?

that is what i did with my adata ssd even though it came with a heat sink in the box.

Admetos · 21 Mar 2020 at 14:53

ree said:
that is what i did with my adata ssd even though it came with a heat sink in the box.

Do you just place the gigabyte heatsink on, or can you use thermal past to help the transfer of heat?

BTW above was a serious question, as never installed an M.2 before.

EsaT · 21 Mar 2020 at 15:57

In more normal home use that heatsink doesn't matter much.
It matters only when there's heavy continuous load on drive.
As in copying like 100GB of files at once etc...

WD SN750 has rather salty pricing.
In most uses there are very little actual performance differences between different drives and likely better to go for something having better price per GB.

Ree · 21 Mar 2020 at 16:10

JasonM said:
Do you just place the gigabyte heatsink on, or can you use thermal past to help the transfer of heat?

BTW above was a serious question, as never installed an M.2 before.

i just removed the protective tape on the heatsink and put it on the drive and screw it in place on mobo, i used no paste.

can deffo recommend the adata sx8200 pro was £99 not long ago but with everything cause of whats going on prices will be going up and up no doubt.

Mcnumpty2323 · 22 Mar 2020 at 00:38

JasonM said:
Do you just place the gigabyte heatsink on, or can you use thermal past to help the transfer of heat?

BTW above was a serious question, as never installed an M.2 before.

Pretty sure when you remove motherboard M2 heatsink there's thermal
Pad under it
Just peel the plastic film off that