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M.2 slots on the motherboard

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I'm using a X470 MSI Gaming Plus for my Ryzen 7 2700x. The motherboard has 2 slots for M.2 2280 NVMe storage ( first slot occupied by my Samsung 970 Evo); therefore I'm considering having another PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 ssd for the second slot but wondering if the latter will run at the expected bandwidth. I have read through the official website but still very bewildered about it. Does anyone have any idea about it? Many thanks.

Here is the website: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/X470-GAMING-PLUS.html

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2x M.2 ports (Key M)

*M2_1 slot (from AMD® processor) supports PCIe 3.0 x4 (1st, 2nd and 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™/ Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics) or PCIe 3.0 x2 (Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics) 2242/ 2260 /2280/ 22110 storage devices

 

M2_2 slot (from AMD® X470 Chipset) supports PCIe 2.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices

 

*SATA1 port will be unavailable when installing SATA M.2 SSD in M2_2 slot.

*PCI_E6 slot will be unavailable when installing PCIe M.2 SSD in M2_2 slot.

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9 minutes ago, dizmo said:

2x M.2 ports (Key M)

*M2_1 slot (from AMD® processor) supports PCIe 3.0 x4 (1st, 2nd and 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™/ Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics) or PCIe 3.0 x2 (Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics) 2242/ 2260 /2280/ 22110 storage devices

 

M2_2 slot (from AMD® X470 Chipset) supports PCIe 2.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s 2242/ 2260 /2280 storage devices

 

*SATA1 port will be unavailable when installing SATA M.2 SSD in M2_2 slot.

*PCI_E6 slot will be unavailable when installing PCIe M.2 SSD in M2_2 slot.

Thanks for the info, jeez :( looks like I can't slam in the new 660p. 

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6 minutes ago, L0velyAmethyst said:

Thanks for the info, jeez :( looks like I can't slam in the new 660p. 

Bear in mind that the 660p supports 3.0, but doesn't requrie it - it will work in 2.0

Also, the theoretical bandwidth of Pcie 2.0 x4 (2 GB/s) is slightly higher than the theoretical speeds of the 660p reported by Intel.

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