Does the second m.2 port slow down my first drive?

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I have an ASRock Z590 Extreme coming in the mail. 11th Gen processor also.


It has two m.2 slots:

1 x Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4 x4)
2 x Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)

For my operating system and stuff I'm using the faster port the drive I bought will handle up to 7,000 mb/s.

But I was thinking of using the other port as a scratch disc for Adobe. I use Premierw, Photoshop, and I want to learn more about Illustrator.

Will using that second m.2 slot slow down the main one or shall I get SATA? I already have a 5 00 GB SATA drive I can use but I would prefer to try the faster m.2.
 
Will using that second m.2 slot slow down the main one or shall I get SATA? I already have a 5 00 GB SATA drive I can use but I would prefer to try the faster m.2.

No.

From what can I gather, the manual says:
- M.2 slot 1 comes off the CPU and works at PCI-E 4.0 speed. It doesn't work when a 10th gen CPU is installed.
- M.2 slot 2 works at PCI-E 3.0 speed, it disables SATA port 1 when occupied.
- M.2 slot 3 works at PCI-E 3.0 speed, it disables SATA ports 4 and 5 when occupied.
 
No.

From what can I gather, the manual says:
- M.2 slot 1 comes off the CPU and works at PCI-E 4.0 speed. It doesn't work when a 10th gen CPU is installed.
- M.2 slot 2 works at PCI-E 3.0 speed, it disables SATA port 1 when occupied.
- M.2 slot 3 works at PCI-E 3.0 speed, it disables SATA ports 4 and 5 when occupied.

Thanks that clears things right up. I didn't know what it meant when it listed SATA next to it now I know it disables one.

I'll probably never use SATA anyway.
 
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