2nd NVMe drive?

[edgedemon]

Hi all
There are a fair few mini-ITX mobo's out there with a 2nd NVMe slot on the back of the mobo. Has anyone used one of these slots? I'm asking as I'm thinking of the Samsung 990 pro, but I'm not sure if it will fit with the heatsink or if I can only use a drive with no heatsink? The heatsink on the 990 pro is pretty slim, but it's a lot of money to spend without knowing, so has anyone done this and used a 2nd drive on the back of the mobo?

 

[edgedemon]

There was a peak period for multi-GPU but the results before and after that weren't great. Mid-generation DX9 games usually worked great as they were just advanced enough for the technology to work well but mostly not so advanced they leaned heavily on graphic effects which broke compatibility with multi GPU.

I never had much problem with microstutter personally though I did do a fair bit of tuning with various tools like nvinspector and whatever the name of the one which came before that which I forget now.

I remember having a case with 2 ridiculous 380mm fans so as to tame the heat side though hah (Xclio A380). https://www.techpowerup.com/review/apluscase-twinengine/5.html

Drive temperature I might worry about more
Not usually much airflow behind a motherboard

That is a concern for me as well, but it must be doable or they wouldn't offer the option. I was hoping gen4 was cool enough to do this.
Don't know which mobo yet, plan on deciding once zen 5 is released, but I'd guess that clearance at the back will be the same for any mobo.
Case will probably be Dan A4 H2O, the backplate has a cutout, but I have no idea if that would line up with the NVMe slot on the back.