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Using all 3 M.2 on the MSI X570 Unify

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1 minute ago, atomicus said:

 

So no issues populating all 3?

Nope, you can use all three at once. They will use the pcie lanes from the chipset. You can't max both at once, but thats pretty unlikely.

What are the limitations of doing this? Given 24 lane max of CPU (5800X), what is compromised here? If you use all 3, does the GPU drop to x8, or do you see reduced speed in the M.2s?

System: Ryzen 7 5800X - Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master - Noctua D15S Chromax - 32GB 3600 RAM - EVGA Black 2080Ti

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

2 of the m.2 slots run from the chipset, not the cpu. So they share bandwdith over the chipset link.

 

So no issues populating all 3?

System: Ryzen 7 5800X - Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master - Noctua D15S Chromax - 32GB 3600 RAM - EVGA Black 2080Ti

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1 minute ago, atomicus said:

 

So no issues populating all 3?

Nope, you can use all three at once. They will use the pcie lanes from the chipset. You can't max both at once, but thats pretty unlikely.

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