M.2 + Z590-A Pro Q

[wb0827]

Hi.

So like a year ago or so I got a prebuilt PC because I had some student discount stuff leftover from University before then and was pretty busy yadda yadda yadda. Anyway, the mobo was a Z590-A Pro + has a Samsung m.2 980 and recently I've been thinking about popping another NVME in because..well, shit I'm starting to run out of space >_> The mobo has 3x m.2 slots, one under CPU and 2 from the chipset. I had a looksie and realized that the m.2 slot with a (manufacturers, i guess?) heatsink is under the CPU and...unused. As far as I can tell, there's room and no other part of the build is obstructing, but regardless the 980 is underneath the GPU.

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z590-A-PRO/Specification

 

you should be able to see the slots via the link. anyway my Q is this. Assuming nothing is somehow blocking it, should I be ok to move the 980 from the bottom slot to the CPU linked one with the heatsink and if I'm getting a second drive that'll go on one of the chipset m.2 slots, it'll run slower than the CPU m.2 slot so would I be fine with it being like a 970 EVO or something or would the only disparity be transfer/read+write speeds?

Ty

[OddOod]

Welcome to the forums!

 

Yeah, you should be fine. 
Honestly, the speed of the drives and interfaces is fast enough that even the chipset slots are fine

 

[wb0827]

On 8/29/2022 at 7:05 PM, OddOod said:

Welcome to the forums!

 

Yeah, you should be fine. 
Honestly, the speed of the drives and interfaces is fast enough that even the chipset slots are fine

 

thank you!