Crucial T700 2Tb on Z790 dark hero

[Robertinocinque]

Hi everyone. I'm finding discussions (which cannot be answered) of people who have found it difficult to run the crucial T700 on z790 dark hero in gen5! before spending almost 400 euros I would like to make sure of the possibility of mounting it on my MB, also with the temperatures??? Will the plate we have be enough as a heat sink? 
please help me😰😰

[Nate152]

Hello Robertinocinque

It should be as easy as setting the M.2_1 slot to Gen 5 in the bios, you may have to set the bifurcation as well.

Just be aware, when you use a PCIE 5.0 ssd, this drops the first PCIE x16 slot to x8 lanes.

Current Intel cpu's have....

20 PCIE 4.0 lanes - You can go with a pcie 4.0 ssd and keep the first pcie x16 sot at x16 lanes.

or

16 PCIE 5.0 lanes - The gpu will be running at x8 and the T700 at x4 Gen 5.

You'll want to install the Crucial T700 ssd in the M.2_1 slot (marked yellow) to get Gen 5 speeds. The motherboard heatsinks do a great job at keeping M.2 ssd's cool. Most M.2 ssd's have a throttling temp of 70c, my Firecuda 530 never hits 50c.

[Robertinocinque]

This is exactly the setup I want to use. But I saw in the forum that other users had problems, that the Gen 5 was not recognized, or in any case that the performance was not good enough! Anyway, Wednesday arrives, I'll proceed with the cloning, and then I'll mount everything

[Nate152]

With gaming, there's not a huge difference with game loading times.