Question about NVME drive

[Kingslayer Kyle]

So I've just ordered this motherboard: ASUS Prime H310M-E R2.0

 

As I've just upgraded my CPU & memory, and this board seemed fairly priced and will be good until I have enough money to get something better but I've only just realized that the M.2 is a 2x slot 

 

My question is, I was just about to order my NVME drive and was doing some research, and only found out after I already ordered my motherboard and It's been shipped at this point

 

Is this going to limit the speed of my NVME drive if I wish to buy one compared to if I had a motherboard with a 4X slot?

 

Thanks in advance for any responses 

[Dylanc1500]

Yes it'll limit the drive to two PCIe lanes of bandwidth.

[Moonzy]

12 minutes ago, Kingslayer Kyle said:

I've only just realized that the M.2 is a 2x slot 

you'll be limited to pcie 3.0 x2 speed if that's the case

but i wouldn't be too bothered unless you need that extra speed

also, not all drive can hit the x4 speed anyways

day to day use, gaming use, you wouldnt feel much of a difference

[Kingslayer Kyle]

I bought a 970 EVO and I just checked I'd only be getting half of the speed.. So I'm gonna see if I can cancel this motherboard and order a different one

 

thanks guys