ASUS ROG x470 F MB

[zinet]

Hi guys, I'm wondering if anyone ever had this board. I have a few questions about it.

 

I'm wondering if using both the m.2 slots on this board will cause for me to plug in my VGA into the 2nd PCIe slot on the board, which i read somewhere that the PCIe16x 1 slot will split bandwith with the m.2_2 slot? I'd like some clarification about it since I cant find any detailed information about it.

 

Right now i'm currently running 500GB m.2 ssd for my OS which is on m.2_1 underneath the CPU socket and my 1TB m.2 on m.2_2 slot below the board and my VGA on the 2nd PCIe lane.

 

If it does so split bandwiths, will I be losing some performance from my VGA since its not on a 16x PCIe slot?

 

Is there anyway I can currently keep my m.2 installations and have my VGA run on the 16x PCIe lane slot? (Last time i tried this it didnt post, which did on the 2nd PCIe lane slot).

 

Any suggestions?

 

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[nick name]

Pretty sure you are using some shared lanes if populating the second m.2 slot.  You'd have to consult the manual to know for sure.  And I don't imagine you're losing much, if any, performance on the GPU side, but I don't know which GPU you're using.  

[nick name]

[nick name]

To check your GPU you can use GPU-Z to see if the GPU is operating at x8 or x16.  

[zinet]

So might aswell remove the m.2 on slot _2 and get a ssd with sata cable for storage? which was my intention.

[nick name]

If you have the cash then I would.  

 

I find it a bit silly that boards offer another m.2 slot (which is a standard designed for performance), however, that slot can't really perform and reduces the max performance of a GPU installed.  

[zinet]

Alright ill keep this is mind. Thanks for your time man I appreciate it! Happy new year to you aswell.