Asus Maximus VIII Hero ATX Issue

iRapidFire · Aug 22, 2016

I'm working on buying parts for a new PC build using PCPartPicker.com. The website is saying "the motherboard M.2 slot #0 shares bandwidth with SATA 6.0gb/s ports. When the M.2 slot is populated two SATA 6.0gb/s are disabled".

Is this an issue I should be worried about and if so, what motherboard should I choose instead? Below is the link to the parts list. Not included on the list is my 750w power supply, 1tb WD hard drive and Nvidia GTX 660ti.
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/tcx4d6

alexoiu · Aug 22, 2016

It's not an issue, if not needing all SATA ports on the motherboard (10) .

Zerk2012 · Aug 22, 2016

You need to do some research on m.2 drives unless your doing a lot of file transfers or using it as a scratch drive their 100% not worth the money. It's going to give you about a 0.5 second faster boot time and the programs respond the same as a regular SSD is already so fast. Double the price or more than a regular SATA SSD.
For a lower price and double the space. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OAJ412U/?tag=pcpapi-20
I would also pass on the CPU cooler it uses the cheap push pins mounting and get a better cooler.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UF2DZ6565
Same thing for the memory same thing lower price.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231892&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

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