aliaskary77
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I have an Asus Z97I-PLUS.
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z97IPLUS/specifications/
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/...28.1818277080.1556205172-930815531.1556205172
Storage Spec:
4 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s)
1 x M.2 Socket 3, , with M Key, type 2260/2280 storage devices support (both SATA & PCIE mode) (Manual says upto 10 Gb/s and shares bandwidth with PCIE x2 slot, which I dont see. It only has the x16 GPU slot)
I am using all 4 x SATA ports: 2 850Pro in Raid 0, 1 850EVO and 1 Seagate 4TB spinner
I was thinking of getting a larger M.2 drive since the prices have come down. However, support was not able to answer a few things.
1. Can I use it in addition to the 4 drives, or will I have to give up 1 SATA port
2. Can I boot of it or no
The other is what drives can i use on it? I assume NVMe will not work on it, or will it? Any specific drives recommendations that would be compatible?
Thanks.
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z97IPLUS/specifications/
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/...28.1818277080.1556205172-930815531.1556205172
Storage Spec:
4 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s)
1 x M.2 Socket 3, , with M Key, type 2260/2280 storage devices support (both SATA & PCIE mode) (Manual says upto 10 Gb/s and shares bandwidth with PCIE x2 slot, which I dont see. It only has the x16 GPU slot)
I am using all 4 x SATA ports: 2 850Pro in Raid 0, 1 850EVO and 1 Seagate 4TB spinner
I was thinking of getting a larger M.2 drive since the prices have come down. However, support was not able to answer a few things.
1. Can I use it in addition to the 4 drives, or will I have to give up 1 SATA port
2. Can I boot of it or no
The other is what drives can i use on it? I assume NVMe will not work on it, or will it? Any specific drives recommendations that would be compatible?
Thanks.
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