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z370 ftw supports 2 M.2 NVME drives?

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2018/11/26 07:47:56 (permalink)
Hi I already have one M.2 NVMe drive which I boot windows with,
 
will the z370 FTW board support a second one for storage? will it kill my sata ports?
 
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    GGTV-Jon
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    Re: z370 ftw supports 2 M.2 NVME drives? 2018/11/26 12:11:20 (permalink)
    You can find the corresponding manual for your motherboard here - https://www.evga.com/support/manuals/
    It will have all of those details in it
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    Re: z370 ftw supports 2 M.2 NVME drives? 2018/12/01 01:53:16 (permalink)
    You can install two M.2 nvme or sata on ftw (like I did), but you will lose four of six sata ports. For this reason I swapped my ftw with classified K.

     
     
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    Re: z370 ftw supports 2 M.2 NVME drives? 2018/12/01 09:52:51 (permalink)
    zaserty82
    You can install two M.2 nvme or sata on ftw (like I did), but you will lose four of six sata ports. For this reason I swapped my ftw with classified K.

    You have an M.2 SATA Drive on your FTW or Classified K Motherboard?
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    Re: z370 ftw supports 2 M.2 NVME drives? 2018/12/01 10:40:41 (permalink)
    I have two 970 evo drives, so two nvme. The problem is that, if you only enable in the bios one or two M.2 pci-ex, you'll lose automatically two or four sata ports, also if you don't install any drives.

     
     
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    Re: z370 ftw supports 2 M.2 NVME drives? 2018/12/01 11:18:29 (permalink)
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    I have two 970 evo drives, so two nvme. The problem is that, if you only enable in the bios one or two M.2 pci-ex, you'll lose automatically two or four sata ports, also if you don't install any drives.

    That is what I thought, though you stated above that you could also use M.2 SATA Drives.

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    Re: z370 ftw supports 2 M.2 NVME drives? 2018/12/01 11:38:49 (permalink)
    I don't remember if both m.2 ports are compatible with m.2 sata, but my replies wanted to highlight something different:
    It is not important what you use on those m.2 slots, the very important thing is to have awareness that you lose four sata slots.
    PS: for m.2 sata compatibility you have to check the manual. I don't remeber, but surely you can install at least one m.2 sata drive.

     
     
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    Re: z370 ftw supports 2 M.2 NVME drives? 2018/12/01 12:07:42 (permalink)
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    I don't remeber, but surely you can install at least one m.2 sata drive.

    No, I have one M.2 SATA Drive and sadly I cannot use it in any of the EVGA Z370/Z390/X299 Motherboards.
    They Only Support NVMe M.2 Drives.
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    Re: z370 ftw supports 2 M.2 NVME drives? 2018/12/01 13:17:56 (permalink)
    Strange... on the manual of my Classified K, page 35, there is a little list of tested drives. On that I can see also sata m.2 drives.

     
     
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    Re: z370 ftw supports 2 M.2 NVME drives? 2018/12/01 13:42:54 (permalink)
    FAQ M.2 http://www.evga.com/support/faq/?f=59730
    FAQ NVMe http://www.evga.com/support/faq/?f=59620
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