Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master

[sargan]

A physical configuration Q, from those familiar with this mother board.

I am fitting a Gen 5 M.2 as main storage (OS & Apps)
There will be other Gen 4 M.2 NVMe for media storage.

To get maximum high speed PCIe 5.0 speeds, is there no difference between the 2 x PCIe 5.0 available M.2 slots.

There is an issue that slot nearest to CPU has a heatsink that will foul AOIC cooler head.
I have a replacement heatsink on its way …. But an option would be to use lower slot, as then no heatsink issue.
I can then put replacement heatsink in place but leave empty.
Install video shows heatsink can be a pain to use.

 

[sargan]

Thanks

 

[sargan]

I had that information from manufacturers website, my question was build specific on any difference between upper & lower M.2 sockets.
Which Tetras clarified.

 

[sargan]

Hmm of course ... didn't think of that ... so I might as well put drive there