Installing an additional SSD

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Alexia_3

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Hi all,
I'm totally new to this so need some help.
I'd like to install an additional SSD to my computer. I already have an 1TB HDD and a 850EVO 500GB.

I purchased another 850EVO and want to install it. Never done it before. So I opened the computer and tried finding a sata slot (probably have the wrong terminology) but it looks like none are available anymore. One go to my HDD, one to my SSD and one to my disk drive.
Find a picture here: http://imgur.com/a/axV8L

My CPU is Intel Core i5-4690K.

Does it mean I cannot install an additional SSD? If I have to remove my DVD drive, I will. Never used it.

Thanks!
 
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Unhook one and put that on the bottom and the top one is free. It looks like 3 but you have 6. Get yourself a bright flashlight and look real close.

Did you look and read your specs?


1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
* The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
* The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX8 and PCIEX16 slots. When the PCIEX4 slot is populated, the PCIEX16...
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thebudman420

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If you don't have enough sata connectors the only option is a pcie sata card. it will take up a pcie slot and will have sata on it. The other choice is to unhook your optical drive.
 
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thebudman420

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Unhook one and put that on the bottom and the top one is free. It looks like 3 but you have 6. Get yourself a bright flashlight and look real close.

Did you look and read your specs?


1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
* The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
* The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX8 and PCIEX16 slots. When the PCIEX4 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode and the PCIEX8 will operate at up to x4 mode.
* When installing a x8 or above card in the PCIEX4 slot, make sure to set PCIE Slot Configuration in BIOS Setup to x4. (Refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Peripherals," for more information.)
(The PCIEX16, PCIEX8 and PCIEX4 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(The PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

2 x PCI slots

Storage Interface
Chipset:

1 x M.2 PCIe connector
(Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA & PCIe SSD support)
1 x SATA Express connector
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0~5)
(M.2, SATA Express, and SATA3 4/5 connectors can only be used one at a time. The SATA3 4/5 connectors will become unavailable when an M.2 SSD is installed.)
Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

Marvell® 88SE9172 chip:

2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3 6~7)
Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1

* Due to system limitation, Intel RAID and Marvell RAID can only use either one.

So you have more than 6 but if you install a m.2 slot drive it takes 2 sata ports away.

It takes port 4 and 5 away if you have a m.2 slot card but you still have other free ports.
 
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