Looking for guidance on installing NVMe on a B550 Aorus Master?

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Looking for guidance on installing NVMe on a B550 Aorus Master?

Looking for guidance on installing NVMe on a B550 Aorus Master?

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Bring_It
Senior Member

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08-19-2020, 10:26 AM

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Hey there! I understand the situation. You're using a B550 Aorus Master with 3900x and an RTX2070. You have two NVMe drives and three slots, but only two are available now. You're thinking about upgrading to a Gen 4 NVMe drive for the system slot and keeping the other two as storage.

It seems like the PCIe lane for your graphics card is being split in half at 8x speed, which might limit performance. You could either use all three slots with the new Gen 4 drive or stick with two NVMe drives and run your RTX2070 at 8x. Alternatively, you could use an AIC adapter to connect your existing Gen 3 NVMe cards and save bandwidth for the new Gen 4 drive.

The 8x boost should have a noticeable impact on your RTX2070, but it might affect future graphics cards too. Let me know what you decide!

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Bring_It

08-19-2020, 10:26 AM #1

Hey there! I understand the situation. You're using a B550 Aorus Master with 3900x and an RTX2070. You have two NVMe drives and three slots, but only two are available now. You're thinking about upgrading to a Gen 4 NVMe drive for the system slot and keeping the other two as storage.

It seems like the PCIe lane for your graphics card is being split in half at 8x speed, which might limit performance. You could either use all three slots with the new Gen 4 drive or stick with two NVMe drives and run your RTX2070 at 8x. Alternatively, you could use an AIC adapter to connect your existing Gen 3 NVMe cards and save bandwidth for the new Gen 4 drive.

The 8x boost should have a noticeable impact on your RTX2070, but it might affect future graphics cards too. Let me know what you decide!

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myworldisbest
Junior Member

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09-02-2020, 08:10 PM

#2

I have specific concerns about this board. However, since two NVMe drives are already installed, your GPU operates in 8x mode. The other PCIe slots support PCIe 3.0 X4, which is positive. This setup allows you to run one 4.0 NVMe drive and two 3.0 NVMe drives at full capacity without disrupting GPU lanes, provided you utilize two PCIe to M.2 adapters in the PCIEX4_1 and PCIEX4_2 slots.

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myworldisbest

09-02-2020, 08:10 PM #2

I have specific concerns about this board. However, since two NVMe drives are already installed, your GPU operates in 8x mode. The other PCIe slots support PCIe 3.0 X4, which is positive. This setup allows you to run one 4.0 NVMe drive and two 3.0 NVMe drives at full capacity without disrupting GPU lanes, provided you utilize two PCIe to M.2 adapters in the PCIEX4_1 and PCIEX4_2 slots.

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RobertAF
Junior Member

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09-10-2020, 09:42 AM

#3

Thanks for the feedback. I'm already testing my GFcard at 8x with just 2 NVMe drives. This is why my benchmark results don't match up with my friend's setup that has the same CPU and graphics card but a different board. I'll need to recheck the benchmark to confirm if the 2070 at 16x versus 8x is accurate. Thanks!

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RobertAF

09-10-2020, 09:42 AM #3

Thanks for the feedback. I'm already testing my GFcard at 8x with just 2 NVMe drives. This is why my benchmark results don't match up with my friend's setup that has the same CPU and graphics card but a different board. I'll need to recheck the benchmark to confirm if the 2070 at 16x versus 8x is accurate. Thanks!