Gigabyte X470 AORUS Ultra - What NVMe Drives Can I Use?

Mechanicus

Mechanicus

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Hi. I have a pre-built custom PC, which has a 1tb NVMe drive running Windows, with an 8tb SATA drive for games/files/etc.
I was hoping to either upgrade my 1tb NVMe to a larger drive, or put a second NVMe into the PC, as I see it has 2 NVMe slots. However I am a bit confused as to what drives would fit/work? Has the technology moved on from when this mobo was new?

I was specifically looking at this drive. Would it work in the second slot? Or the first?

Thanks in advance!
 
  1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2* SSD support) (M2A_SOCKET)
    * Actual bandwidth may vary by CPU.
  2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 PCIe 2.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2B_SOCKET)
  3. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  4. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10
First slot is pcie 3 speed and second slot is pcie 2 speed.That nvme drive you listed is pcie 4.It `should` be backwards compatible to BOTH slots but at a slower speed than it is capable of :)
 
Ah, ok thanks. I couldn't wrap my head around the different types of connections it was listing. Is it a waste to get that drive I linked, or are they all about the same price no matter which pcie speed it is?
 
Mechanicus said:
I was specifically looking at this drive. Would it work in the second slot? Or the first?
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I'd just buy the 2TB SN570 (you can get it for under £130 delivered), you're limited to PCI-E 3.0 on your board anyway and it says in the datasheet (in the small print) that it is backwards compatible with PCI-E 2.0. Unlike a lot of cheap drives it says in the datasheet that it is TLC and it has 900 TBW (endurance) at that capacity, which is almost double the Kingston NV1 & Crucial P3 Plus and a third more than the Kingston NV2. Alternatively, the PCI-E 4.0 SN770 also says backwards compatible with PCI-E 3.0 & 2.0 in the datasheet and has 1200 TBW (endurance) for the 2TB model.
 
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Mechanicus said:
No, I was planning on either having it as a drive for gaming, or Windows/gaming if it needed to replace my current 1tb one. The 8tb I have is a standard SATA platter drive.
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Just to echo what tetras reccomened , put a 2tb in your primary and use your old 1tb in the other m2 slot.
 
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