MA-Deuce

Yeah - I would agree - budget would not...:) That is always something that is easy to change out though in the future.

Upgrading from my FX9390 setup and moving to new frontiers....let me know what you think: PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $308.98 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard $164.99 @ B&H Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $89.99 @ Newegg Storage Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $169.99 @ B&H Video Card Asus GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB STRIX GAMING Advanced Video Card $429.99 @ Newegg Case NZXT H710i ATX Mid Tower Case $169.99 @ Amazon Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $128.99 @ Amazon Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1462.92 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-18 14:48 EST-0500

Thanks for the assist - first time running a m.2 drive. Just making sure I wasn't running into anything.... Here is the build sheet: PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $308.98 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard $164.99 @ B&H Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $89.99 @ Newegg Storage Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $169.99 @ B&H Video Card Asus GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB STRIX GAMING Advanced Video Card $429.99 @ Newegg Case NZXT H710i ATX Mid Tower Case $169.99 @ Amazon Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $128.99 @ Amazon Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1462.92 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-18 14:44 EST-0500

First post on these forums - need some advice just to make sure I get this right. Building a new rig with this board: https://www.newegg.com/asus-tuf-gaming-x570-plus/p/N82E16813119198?Item=N82E16813119198 Picked up this for storage: https://www.newegg.com/samsung-860-evo-series-1tb/p/N82E16820147678?Item=9SIA12K6V09510 I know that the drive is not NVME but it is my first time using a M.2 drive as opposed to standard SSD/HDD setups. My question here is: Can I used this in the M.2_2 slot and use a regular 2.5 sata SSD without hampering either one?