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Right so in this case..

 

* When the M.2_1 Socket 3 is operating in SATA mode, SATA port 1 will be disabled.

* When the M.2_2 Socket 3 is operating in PCIEX4 mode, SATA port 5. 6 will be disabled.

 

The M.2_2 is just taking ports 5 & 6 because its just the way the mobo is setup but i can use the M.2_1 & also use my PCIE x 4 slots with an adapter as additional space as long as i'm using the NVME SSDs.

 

It may make sense for me to purchase a 1TB NVME then & put my OS on that & free up a sata SSD for putting some games on.

 

Yeah the disabling of sata ports 5+6 has to do with PCI-E lane usage from the chipset. When you start adding drives to actual PCI-E slots like those around your graphics card you have to remember those are part of the 16 lanes being shared with the GPU, where the m2 pci-e lanes are on the motherboard PCH, and shouldn't compete with your gpu at all.

 

For gaming purposes however just be aware you won't see a difference really between sata and NVME. Personally I hope to change my setup to an aditional 500GB nvme drive and a 1 TB sata drive, which would leave me with 4 drives total, two m2 and twos sata III, one of which being my 4tb hdd for storage. YMMV and your preferences as well

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Hi

 

Actually the title is the question itself.Instead of messing with the OS which is on SSD, i'm planning to get 120-256 gigs M.2 SSD drive just for DCS.As my rig has a slot ready for it , would be real easy.I just have to migrate DCS.But I'm a noob when it comes to Windows ( using Mac normally).

I read lot of threads what i've learned is always useful to have OS and DCS separately.(or the other way around? :cry:) M.2 SSDs look quite fast and budget friendly.

 

What do you suggest?

 

 

There are 2 kinds of M.2 drive:

-SATA. Same as a regular SATA SSD, same speed. Uses M.2 slot.

-NVMe. These are the ultra-fast ones. Samsung 960 Evo is a classic.

Make sure you know which one you're buying! Don't go by price alone--check the details first!

 

 

For DCS, 120 GB probably isn't enough. I'm using more than that on my 960 Evo, which is only for DCS.

Get a 250GB one.

 

 

Finally, it will reduce load times, and may reduce stutter on very long flights due to terrain loading in mid-flight. It will NOT increase framerates or do much of anything else.

 

 

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You#d be a fool not to pick at least an NVMe for your OS drive.

 

Installing, patching, searching/indexing...all that is faster with NVMe even though in DCS it doesnt matter much for now.

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