Hello!
I currently have an 3700x and x570 Aorus Pro with 2x Gen 3 NVMe in the on board m.2 slots, and two ssd sata drives.
I have an additional 2x Gen 3 drives lying around that I want to add with PCIe adaptors to replace either one or both sata drives.
See below for extract from mb manual:
Does the part highlighted in bold apply for 3rd gen CPU's too or is that specific to gen 2?
Can I add the other two m.2 drives with PCIe adaptors in the x4 and x8 slot without impacting my 3080's performance in the x16 slot?
I currently have an 3700x and x570 Aorus Pro with 2x Gen 3 NVMe in the on board m.2 slots, and two ssd sata drives.
I have an additional 2x Gen 3 drives lying around that I want to add with PCIe adaptors to replace either one or both sata drives.
See below for extract from mb manual:
3rd Generation AMD Ryzen™ processors:
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe 4.0 and running at x16 (PCIEX16)
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe 4.0 and running at x8 (PCIEX8)
2nd Generation AMD Ryzen™ processors:
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe 3.0 and running at x16 (PCIEX16)
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe 3.0 and running at x8 (PCIEX8)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot. *
The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When using the 3rd Generation AMD Ryzen™ processors/2nd Generation AMD Ryzen™ processors, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode
Does the part highlighted in bold apply for 3rd gen CPU's too or is that specific to gen 2?
Can I add the other two m.2 drives with PCIe adaptors in the x4 and x8 slot without impacting my 3080's performance in the x16 slot?