Connecting NVME + m.2 SATA to Crosshair VII Hero?

[David Os]

So, im finally done building my system, the last component left to purchase is the Motherboard and im thinking on buying the Crosshair VII Hero (WIFI) (X470) for my Ryzen 3900x.

 

But the question that is likely to make me regret my decision is ¿Can i connect a Samsung 970 EVO Plus (m.2 NVME) plus a WD Blue (m.2 SATA Mode) without stealing any GPU PCIE lanes/performance or too much SATA Slots for future HDD connections? ¿what's the corrrect way to connect an NVME + m.2 SATA drives on this board? ¿Should i get an x570 instead (which i dont want to)?

 

If i lose performance on the GPU, how much it is? Pls help, i swear i cannot understand completely the manuals and while many people's case is connecting 2 NVME or questions about just connecting one NVME, there are not much cases like mine.

[Jurrunio]

This board doesn't lose SATA ports when you use an M.2 SATA SSD, because the only M.2 slot that supports SATA SSDs is the top one (M2_1 in manual) which get dedicated lanes from the CPU. You'll have to use the NVMe SSD in the slot lower down, which takes bandwidth from the chipset (so it will slow down when you access other stuff on the chipset, say drives connected to SATA ports and some front panel I/O) and makes you lose the short PCIe slot.

 

39 minutes ago, David Os said:

If i lose performance on the GPU, how much it is?

0%, it doesn't. 

[David Os]

28 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

This board doesn't lose SATA ports when you use an M.2 SATA SSD, because the only M.2 slot that supports SATA SSDs is the top one (M2_1 in manual) which get dedicated lanes from the CPU. You'll have to use the NVMe SSD in the slot lower down, which takes bandwidth from the chipset (so it will slow down when you access other stuff on the chipset, say drives connected to SATA ports and some front panel I/O) and makes you lose the short PCIe slot.

 

0%, it doesn't. 

@Jurrunio, i see you have commented in my 2 posts, wich i appreciate, i created both to get some attention LOL, i see now i have no problems with this build, and i have read in the meantime that while m.2_1 indeed is the only one that supports SATA m.2 this one is located in the bottom of the board, so i will have to connect my SATA m.2 Drive on it, and the NVME in the one on top.

 

I still dont know hoy many SATA ports will steal the m.2 SATA drive when connected this way, i would really like to make a RAID 1 on a pair of HDD and have an extra SSD for my professional work

 

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[Jurrunio]

6 minutes ago, David Os said:

hoy many SATA ports will steal the m.2 SATA drive when connected this way

None. There are boards that do this when they have M.2 SATA drives connected to the chipset, but this isn't the case.