Help me in not smart

[BOTDead]

So because I dont speak smart I was wondering if someone that does could help me, I have an ROG Strix b450-F Gaming with 3 Sata ports already in use, and one m.2 in use. I now know that putting an m.2 drive in disables 2 of those Sata ports. But heres my question, if I put another m.2 into the other slot would that then disable another 2 sata ports or what. Ive already looked at the manuals and other forum thread I just dont understand the smork language those people are speaking

[bmx6454]

m.2 slot 1 will take up lanes 5/6, m.2 slot 2 will take up pci lanes, so no, it shouldn't disable the other two slots.

[BOTDead]

1 minute ago, bmx6454 said:

m.2 slot 1 will take up lanes 5/6, m.2 slot 2 will take up pci lanes, so no, it shouldn't disable the other two slots.

Thank you person that is smarter than me

[bmx6454]

6 minutes ago, BOTDead said:

Thank you person that is smarter than me

np lol, just make sure one of the m.2's you are using runs in pci, if trying to use 2 m.2's that both use sata, it won't work.

[BOTDead]

16 minutes ago, bmx6454 said:

np lol, just make sure one of the m.2's you are using runs in pci, if trying to use 2 m.2's that both use sata, it won't work.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$229.99 @ Newegg Canada
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard	$168.75 @ Vuugo
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL18 Memory
Storage	ADATA XPG SX6000 128 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$75.98 @ Amazon Canada
Storage	Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$44.39 @ Vuugo
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$79.99 @ Canada Computers
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$59.50 @ Vuugo
Video Card	EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB SC GAMING Video Card
Power Supply	EVGA BR 700 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$97.75 @ Vuugo
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$756.35
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-01 21:24 EDT-0400

 Woulc you be able to look at this parts list just to check the WD 500gb is the one im planning on getting. Many thanks man.

[bmx6454]

36 minutes ago, BOTDead said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$229.99 @ Newegg Canada
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard	$168.75 @ Vuugo
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL18 Memory
Storage	ADATA XPG SX6000 128 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$75.98 @ Amazon Canada
Storage	Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$44.39 @ Vuugo
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$79.99 @ Canada Computers
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$59.50 @ Vuugo
Video Card	EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB SC GAMING Video Card
Power Supply	EVGA BR 700 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$97.75 @ Vuugo
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$756.35
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-01 21:24 EDT-0400

 Woulc you be able to look at this parts list just to check the WD 500gb is the one im planning on getting. Many thanks man.

yea, those drive's should be fine together. the wd 500gb needs to be in slot 1 though, while the xpg can work in either slot, but with the wd in slot 1, obviously you will want to install it in slot 2.

[BOTDead]

11 minutes ago, bmx6454 said:

the wd 500gb needs to be in slot 1 though

Pretty sure I already know the answer to this but would the XPG be effected because the XPG is the windows Drive

[bmx6454]

11 minutes ago, BOTDead said:

Pretty sure I already know the answer to this but would the XPG be effected because the XPG is the windows Drive

not sure what you mean? if you have it in slot 1, and need to move it to slot 2, that should be fine. might need to change the boot order in bios(maybe), but otherwise, afaik it won't mess with your windows install.