I'm building a new system...
With an Intel Core i9-9900K, 32 GB (4 x 8GB) of G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3200 MHz DDR4, etc.
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP 8GB GDDR6 256-bit Gaming Graphics Card, Active Fan Control, Metal Backplate, Spectra Lighting GPU
And I got this new Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO motherboard, that has an M2M and M2A slot.
I want to put two Samsung 970 EVO NVMeM2 SSDs on my motherboard, as follows:
a 250 GB for my main Linux Mint 19 Tara MATE OS (soon to be Mint 19.1)
and a 500GB for Window$ - don't judge, some things still need that Redmond, WA disastrous so-called OS piece of crap...
Of course, I want the fastest M2 slot for my main Linux Distro, and the slower one for Window$
I did lots of Google searches, but was unable to find a straight forward answer...
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE M2M AND M2A INTERFACE ???
What I want to know the most, is this:
Is one faster than the other, and if so, how much faster ???
The only thing I found so far is very confusing to say the least...
Key..........Notched..........Provided interfaces
ID...............pins
M2A..........8–15..........PCIe ×2, USB 2.0, I2C and DP ×4
M2M..........59–66........PCIe ×4, SATA and SMBus
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.
With an Intel Core i9-9900K, 32 GB (4 x 8GB) of G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3200 MHz DDR4, etc.
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP 8GB GDDR6 256-bit Gaming Graphics Card, Active Fan Control, Metal Backplate, Spectra Lighting GPU
And I got this new Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO motherboard, that has an M2M and M2A slot.
I want to put two Samsung 970 EVO NVMeM2 SSDs on my motherboard, as follows:
a 250 GB for my main Linux Mint 19 Tara MATE OS (soon to be Mint 19.1)
and a 500GB for Window$ - don't judge, some things still need that Redmond, WA disastrous so-called OS piece of crap...
Of course, I want the fastest M2 slot for my main Linux Distro, and the slower one for Window$
I did lots of Google searches, but was unable to find a straight forward answer...
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE M2M AND M2A INTERFACE ???
What I want to know the most, is this:
Is one faster than the other, and if so, how much faster ???
The only thing I found so far is very confusing to say the least...
Key..........Notched..........Provided interfaces
ID...............pins
M2A..........8–15..........PCIe ×2, USB 2.0, I2C and DP ×4
M2M..........59–66........PCIe ×4, SATA and SMBus
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.
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