Hello. Thank you in advance for reading and any help.
I just purchased ASUS Z170-AR motherboard, and this is what it says on spec sheet for storage:
The M.2 and SATA stuff is really confusing to me so I could use some help with a couple of questions:
1) Am I understanding correctly that this motherboard supports 6 drives total from SATA and M.2? Its a bit confusing with SATA Express taking 2 SATA slots and M.2 sharing with SATA Express. Or does it mean that if I use onboard m.2 drive, I can only have 4 more SATA drives, so a total of 5? Really lost on this one.
2) If I use a PCIe adapter such as this, does that affect the # of drives I can use in the question above or is it completely separately and unrelated?
3) If I use a PCIe adapter, does that diminish my primary graphics card PCIe slot from 16x to only 8x? If I use two PCIe adapters, does it bring it down again?
Thank you in advance for any help, I really appreciate it.
Edit: This is the drive I was thinking about getting.
I just purchased ASUS Z170-AR motherboard, and this is what it says on spec sheet for storage:
With
The M.2 and SATA stuff is really confusing to me so I could use some help with a couple of questions:
1) Am I understanding correctly that this motherboard supports 6 drives total from SATA and M.2? Its a bit confusing with SATA Express taking 2 SATA slots and M.2 sharing with SATA Express. Or does it mean that if I use onboard m.2 drive, I can only have 4 more SATA drives, so a total of 5? Really lost on this one.
2) If I use a PCIe adapter such as this, does that affect the # of drives I can use in the question above or is it completely separately and unrelated?
3) If I use a PCIe adapter, does that diminish my primary graphics card PCIe slot from 16x to only 8x? If I use two PCIe adapters, does it bring it down again?
Thank you in advance for any help, I really appreciate it.
Edit: This is the drive I was thinking about getting.
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