On 2020-10-14, antlists <antli...@youngman.org.uk> wrote: > On 14/10/2020 19:58, Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2020-10-14, antlists <antli...@youngman.org.uk> wrote: >> >>> Does your mobo support NVMe drives? Just be aware my mobo is crap in >>> that it says it supports two graphics cards, NVMe, etc, but if you stick >>> an NVMe in the second graphics card is disabled, or if you use both the >>> NVMe slots you lose a couple of SATA ports, or whatever. Bit of a PoS in >>> that regard. >> >> I think that's pretty common. NVMe uses PCI-express channels that are >> often shared with one of the PCI-express "slots" on the motherboard. >> As a result you can't use both at the same time. > > Is that the sign of a cheap/rubbishy mobo?
No. AFAICT, it's done even on good, highly rated mid-range desktop motherboards. [I've never spent much time looking into high-end server-grade motherboards, so I can't comment on those.] -- Grant
