Asus Prime X470 and a 2nd Nvme

[Mercutio]

Still trying to get a decent source on exactly what occurs with the 2nd nvme slot on the prime X470.

I've got an evo 970 in the first slot, 1 graphics card and a soundblaster-Z. I think, from memory, testing 2 nvme's was ok but... I don't want to blunder into performance issues.

Would I be right in thinking that adding the second nvme will likely be adding 1 item too much?

I've tried to decipher the motherboard manual around it, pretty sure I can't QUITE do what I want here but... just checking I'm missing out before skipping over the 2nd nvme (looking at one of the 2TB 660p's).

 

[BongoHunter]

Straight from the Asus Spec:

The M.2_2 socket shares PCIe clock with PCIe x1_1. When PCIe x1_1 or PCIe x1_3 is occupied, the M.2_2 socket can only support SATA mode.

Here: https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/PRIME-X470-PRO/specifications/

 

[pandem0nium]

You'll have one x1 slot left for the sound blaster after installing the second drive.

The second drive won't be running at full speed. But still good for a slower secondary drive.

 

[welshrat]

Still trying to get a decent source on exactly what occurs with the 2nd nvme slot on the prime X470.

I've got an evo 970 in the first slot, 1 graphics card and a soundblaster-Z. I think, from memory, testing 2 nvme's was ok but... I don't want to blunder into performance issues.

Would I be right in thinking that adding the second nvme will likely be adding 1 item too much?

I've tried to decipher the motherboard manual around it, pretty sure I can't QUITE do what I want here but... just checking I'm missing out before skipping over the 2nd nvme (looking at one of the 2TB 660p's).

Sorry to bring this thread back, however I have a very similar setup with asus prime pro, 3700X, vega 56, soundblaster z and one M2 drive in first slot. I want more storage and would rather get a fast m2 drive now that I can use in the future on a x670 board. How was the performance of the system when you added the second drive ? I don't really care about the speed at the mo but just want to make sure everything carried on running as well ? I will be upgrading to big Navi this year and then the board next year for pcie 4.0

 

[Mercutio]

Sorry to bring this thread back, however I have a very similar setup with asus prime pro, 3700X, vega 56, soundblaster z and one M2 drive in first slot. I want more storage and would rather get a fast m2 drive now that I can use in the future on a x670 board. How was the performance of the system when you added the second drive ? I don't really care about the speed at the mo but just want to make sure everything carried on running as well ? I will be upgrading to big Navi this year and then the board next year for pcie 4.0

Eh, a week late, hadn't been on in a while, hopefully still relevant:

The 2nd drive was limited to around 1800MB/sec, couldn't push higher. I still called it a huge win

 

[welshrat]

Eh, a week late, hadn't been on in a while, hopefully still relevant:

The 2nd drive was limited to around 1800MB/sec, couldn't push higher. I still called it a huge win

Hah nice one, In the end I ordered a 1tb wd sata ssd. My feeling was I would wait to see the new console requirements and then upgrade board and drives. Thanks for getting back to me though and very decent speeds

 

[Mercutio]

You swapped up for the 1TB or added and working ok?

I ended up jumping to X570 3800X and... went a bit mental with all the NVMe options. 3 drives giving 3.5TB between them now. It's 100% the future, no cable attached drives (in the interim, cheap "me too" innodisk 2TB 2.5" as well, one day tho... ).