Need some tech tips
Need some tech tips
Hi. You're planning to add a 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus to your PC. Your main question is whether your motherboard can handle it. The key details are: GPU GTX 1660 Ti, CPU i5-8400, 16GB RAM, and a mix of SATA and NVMe ports. The system suggests the SATA port might be disabled because both ports share the same bandwidth, which could affect performance if you use it for storage. However, since you want to use it as a drive for photos and files, you might still be able to access it through the NVMe connection. It’s worth checking your motherboard’s manual or contacting ASUS for confirmation. Overall, it’s not a major concern but worth verifying.
It alerts you about overlapping traffic paths, but this issue only arises when all SATA connections are active.
There are two M.2 slots available. The top slot is M.2_1 and the bottom is M.2_2. Using a SATA M.2 device in M.2_1 will block SATA port 1 since it consumes its bandwidth, but M.2_2 blocks ports 5 and 6 to support NVMe performance. Ports 1 through 4 stay functional unless another SATA device is connected in M.2_1, after which ports 2-4 remain usable. In short, insert your Samsung Evo into the top slot and any Barracuda into a SATA port—no issues expected.