Can i add a 2nd M2 drive?

[MeatLoaf]

Running an X570 TUF as per my sig.

Got a 250Gb NVME WD blue drive in slot 2 ( the one with the heatsink cover on it ). This is the one with windows on it

Im looking to add another 2Tb NVME drive - probably this one as its cheap atm

Crucial P3 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive​

All it will be used for is running games off.

Will this setup work ok? It wont steal any bandwith from the GFX card will it?

I do have a PCIE Xfi in there as well but i will probably remove this when i open the case up again.

 

[Tetras]

Can you state the exact model name (there are several TUF X570 boards)?

As far as I can see, the TUF X570-PLUS has no restrictions or conflicts between the M.2 slots and PCI-E slots.

I'd advise against the P3 though (it is QLC-based), unless it is exceedingly cheap. The 2TB version has only 440 TBW, compared to nearly 3x the endurance (1,200 TBW) on the WD SN770.

 

[MeatLoaf]

This is the board

Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus WiFi (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard

Order Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus WiFi (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

The SSD is £119 here on overclockers

Crucial P3 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive

Order Crucial P3 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

 

[Dg834man]

On the vast majority of x570/b550 the primary pciex16 slot gets lanes straight from the cpu and they aren't shared with anything