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Aurora R8, add third SSD
Hi there,
i have an R8 with 9900K, 16GB Ram and a 2080Ti. It shipped last year with 1x 512GB NVMe SSD. I later added an additional 256GB SATA SSD I had lying around so it’s currently got 2 SSDs.
My question is as follows. I have a spare empty 512GB NVMe SSD lying around I would ideally like to add, will this fit anywhere? I read somewhere that it wouldn’t be possible to add a second SSD of this type because of the large GPU but I thought there may be a way. Can anyone walk me through this?
thanks
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Posted June 17th, 2020 23:00
Yes you can stick it in the lower x4 or x8 pcie slot with an adapter. That's what I did
762
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Posted June 17th, 2020 23:00
3 x nvme pcie drives and titan xp.
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Posted June 18th, 2020 07:00
Thanks for the replies. You mention an adaptor, what would I need exactly? Thanks.
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Posted June 18th, 2020 11:00
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Posted June 18th, 2020 13:00
Does this look ok?
SupaGeek M.2 SSD to PCIe Express 3.0 x4 Adapter Card, Supports M-Key M2 NGFF NVMe or AHCI SSDs 2280, 2260, 2242, 2230, Upgrades Desktop Solid State Drives https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CBJ6RH7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_ou96EbKANPRF1
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Posted June 18th, 2020 13:00
Thank you I will look for a UK equivalent, shouldn’t be too hard.
sorry for the stupid questions but any chance of a walkthrough of exactly what I’m doing? Let’s say I have the adapter and the SSD.
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Posted June 18th, 2020 17:00
Pretty simply, take your spare 512 ssd, attach it to the adapter with a screw (same as the one on the motherboard) and then slide the adapter into the lower gpu slot as shown in my photo.
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Posted June 17th, 2020 23:00
Same as above but with 3.5" hdd in bottom caddy: