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June 20th, 2018 05:00
Aurora R7, storage question
I have the Aurora R7 desktop coming soon. And I am trying to find some information regarding upgrades,
My machine has a 1080 ti video card, and a 128 ssd m.2 as the main drive with a 2b 7200 rpm hdd as secondary storage.
Because of a mistake on Amazon, I will be receiveing 3 NVME 1TB M.2 hdd, unfortunately I cannot return or get refunded, so I have to live with these items.
It would not be so bad if my machine can take them. I can buy PCIE to M.2 adapters, but the question is:
Will my machine have room for them?
and in reality (not just in specs) is there any limitation on how many gigabytes of storage (in total) I can add?
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speedstep
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June 20th, 2018 06:00
M2 B Keyed is Sata
M2 Not B Keyed is PCI-E
You can get 2.5 inch adapters for M2 B keyed to 2.5 inch drive. You can also Get 2.5 inch to 3.5 inch adapter.
So it DEPENDS on WHICH TYPE you are talking about. One size DOES NOT fit all.
https://www.amazon.com/M-2-Converter-Adapter-Enclosure-SATA-bus/dp/B0721Q2R8D
This card will take one or the other
https://www.amazon.com/Tanbin-Adapter-Controller-Expansion-Profile/dp/B07BJJ5VDB
When you use the B keyed part you have to attach a SATA data cable to the back of the card to the motherboard. This is why it says B keyed on one socket and M keyed on the other.
Mak999
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June 20th, 2018 08:00
These are the drives i am referring to:
https://www.amazon.com/Black-High-Performance-NVMe-PCIe-WDS100T2X0C/dp/B07BRCLMTS/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1529506400&sr=1-3&keywords=wd+nvme+black+1tb
I'm kinda new to this are and haven't been researching it long, but I believe the key on M.2 is just a physical attribute and that protocols and whatnot is the same on all NVME drives.
So to my understanding, as long as motherboard doesn't have limitations beyond physical attributes of connectors, I can ad more NVME drives using adapters.
This is why I am looking into ways of making use of my 3 NVME M.2 without losing the NVME speed. whether through PCIE or U.2, But I can't seem to find solid info on whether this is doable.
r72019
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June 11th, 2019 10:00
You'd probably need to set the slot for x4x4x4x4 bifurcation in bios, if supported.
edit: Or x4x4 - note above, someone posted that the R8 slot #1 runs at x8, so that's probably the same for the r7.
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June 11th, 2019 10:00
has anyone been able to get the Asus Hyper to work in their Aurora R7? I can only see one nvme drive and only when its installed in the first slot.