can someone tell me what that m.2 slot is used for?

[bulkchart32]

this is a pic from the manual of my z370 maximus x code mobo. the port sticks straight out instead laying down like a normal m.2 slot. what is it used for? i don't know of any m.2 drive that is shaped in a way to work with it. and i can't think of the words to describe it's orientation in a way that google will recognize it and give me the correct answer.

[RONOTHAN##]

1 minute ago, bulkchart32 said:

what is it used for?

An SSD. 

 

[jaslion]

You could plug a m.2 whatever into it.

 

Seems like a funny way to add another drive

 

They didnt want to say one of their halo products only had one m.2 slot so well there

 

 

The maximus range is their expirimental bs product range after all so you tend to get weird stuff.

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

You could plug a m.2 whatever into it.

 

Seems like a funny way to add another drive

 

They didnt want to say one of their halo products only had one m.2 slot so well there

 

 

The maximus range is their expirimental bs product range after all so you tend to get weird stuff.

Its not a terrible design, probably gets better cooling from the front fans to be honest.

[Poinkachu]

10 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Its not a terrible design, probably gets better cooling from the front fans to be honest.

Never had a motherboard with that kind of slot.

But from the looks of it and thinking logically, probably makes it easier to remove and insert NVME too.

At least when compared to slots that ends up behind GPU or stuffs.

[BlackDragon1971]

ASUS does this for a few motherboards. Make sure you have the vertical m.2 SSD bracket... the bracket is hard to find on eBay BTW