Need NVMe that is Gen3 x2

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This is for an older system that proved to have a weird quirk. It supports Gen3 x4 NVMe on a PCIe card, but NOT in the native m.2 slot, which apparently fell through MSI’s cracks and only supports Gen3 x2.

Can anyone point me at a model number for an NVMe (or if necessary, SSD) that is Gen3 x2 ?? Any size will do.

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Hi @Reziac

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M.2 NVMe SSD can work in x2 slots if that is all you have

I use x4 provisioning which works better

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This one is confirmed with MSI as not forward-compatible. – Gen3 x4 will not work in the onboard slot, tho works fine on a PCIe card (but only one at a time – if there are two NVMe drives, only one is seen no matter how they’re set up – eg. on separate cards).

Supposedly the m.2 slot will support SATA but so far I haven’t found one that’s not either worn out or outrageously overpriced.

It’s not a problem with an existing WD drive, but I prefer WD so was hoping one was still available from new stock.

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PCIe cards do not usually have a PCIe multiplex chip to switch from one device to another.

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Actually, the better card supports four NVMes simultaneously.

However, turns out the board doesn’t support PCIe bifurcation. So it can only see one at a time. Also does not support two vidcards, likely the same deficiency. (Meanwhile my Asus x79 board, two years older, supports three.)

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older boards may have some issues when using new products

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That’s why I was looking for an older NVMe!!