Ok to have 3 drives?

Zeebedy · 9 Jul 2021 at 15:06

Hey guys,

I currently have two Nvme drives, a 500gb for OS and apps, and a 2tb Nvme for games and data, (mainly games)..

I have ordered a 2tb SSD drive to expand my storage, will two Nvme and a SATA SSD be ok together? Is there any configuration that will be needed??

Cheers.

Zeebedy · 9 Jul 2021 at 16:28

Thanks guys, will do.

Zeebedy · 9 Jul 2021 at 16:53

mattyfez said:
I'd imagine the worst case scenario will be the SATA drive might need to be plugged into a particular motherboard SATA socket, to prevent conflict with the PCIe /M.2 side of things.

Yeah, I think your right. It should just depend on what SATA port used.

Zeebedy · 10 Jul 2021 at 20:02

jaybee said:
You can download your motherboard manual or read the physical copy, and it will most likely tell you everything you need to know in terms of sharing of the pci-e lanes etc. You basically want to know what happens if you populate with 2 x nvme drives. Sometimes it disabled a couple of the sata ports.

Yeah, downloaded the manual and have installed the new SSD, so far so good.