Question Question regarding motherboard and NVMe combination

[jimjam]

Hi

I am looking at getting an NVMe SSD, however, reading my motherboard manual I am a little uncertain if the SSD will operate at the speeds its capable of

NVMe SSD: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3
GPU is in the PCIEX16 Slot
Wifi card is in the PCIEX1_1 Slot

The SSD appears on the compatible list, however the manual has the below information which I am finding hard to digest... do the PCIe slots in use have any impact on the operation of the M.2 slot at a speed that makes the most of the SSD I am looking at?

In terms of the Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB - des anyone know how much space you actually have once formatted with Windows 10?

Motherboard info:
1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4*/x2 SSD support)
* Actual support may vary by CPU.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
(The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
* The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX1_2 and PCIEX1_3 slots. The PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x2 mode when the PCIEX1_2/PCIEX1_3 slot is populated. The PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x4 mode when both of the PCIEX1_2 and PCIEX1_3 slots are empty.
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x1 (PCIEX1_3)
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(The PCIEX4 and PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

Appreciate any help!

 

[Steltek]

It is a PCIe x4 m.2 NVMe drive, so it will work just fine with your motherboard at full rated speeds in the motherboard m.2 slot. Be aware that installing it will disable the two ASATA ports next to the ATX24 pin connector (the motherboard will reallocate the PCIe lanes for those ports over to the m.2 slot), so if you are using either of those you will need to plug the cables into another SATA port.

Other than that, you should be fine.

 

[jimjam]

It is a PCIe x4 m.2 NVMe drive, so it will work just fine with your motherboard at full rated speeds in the motherboard m.2 slot. Be aware that installing it will disable the two ASATA ports next to the ATX24 pin connector (the motherboard will reallocate the PCIe lanes for those ports over to the m.2 slot), so if you are using either of those you will need to plug the cables into another SATA port.

Other than that, you should be fine.

Awesome, thanks very much!