06-04-2023 06:54 AM
I have a Intel Core I9-11900K chip with a Z-590-e motherboard. This board has 4 M.2 slots. Currently, I have one M.2 in M.2-1 slot (just under the GPU). I would like to add another M.2 to the board. Any suggestions on what I can expect, and what will I lose/gain from this?
Thanks
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06-06-2023 06:01 AM
Wow, thank you for the map of the land there. Anyway, I will put the new 1TB drive in the M.2_3 slot. Besides it's easy to get to. If I lose a SATA port no biggie as most of my HHD/SSD are connected to my computer from the back with 1 hub for 2 of the HHD.
Again, thank you for your input.
Dan
06-06-2023 06:05 AM
Wow, thank you for the map of the land there. Anyway, I will put the new 1TB drive in the M.2_3 slot. Besides it's easy to get to. If I lose a SATA port no biggie as most of my HHD/SSD are connected to my computer from the back with 1 hub for 2 of the HHD. One other question while we are on this. I do not have the Intel Rapid Storage Technology with RAID program running as the last time I had this install on my computer the program screw things up. Do you recommend that I should reinstall it?
Again, thank you for your input.
06-06-2023 08:56 AM
If you don't need/want a feature provided by IRST, I don't believe you need to install it. I'm currently on AMD, so not quite 100% on that, but I'm pretty sure it's optional unless you are trying to use one of its features (RAID or Optane caching). If you are just planning to have 2 simple drives, I think you should be fine without IRST running. I would avoid it, personally, unless I ran into a situation that needed it.
06-06-2023 09:36 AM
Ty for your help in this matter.
Dan
06-08-2023 06:23 PM
Well, tonight I got the M2 into my PC on the M.2_3 slot. It was straight forward, no biggie. When I booted it up, the system didn't crash (good thing), and continue to load Windows. I'm good to go. Transfer some files from it to my C drive, and WOW, at 347mbps. I'm good to go.
Thanks all for your help. Now if I can get the other help I need I will be in 7th heaven. Getting the correct AI3 for my I7 computer and getting Armorty Create to working on it.