Upgrade of old I5 to Ryzen 3600

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whitestar_999

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Does my mobo will support one nvme, 1 m. 2 and one hdd all together.
NVMe is independent of sata ports,only m2 sata ssd shares bandwidth with sata ports.This is true for almost all mobos. B450 Pro 4 has 2 m2 slots out of which 1st is NVMe while 2nd is m2 sata & installing m2 sata ssd in 2nd slot will disable 2 sata ports out of 6 on mobo. This is also why it is pointless to buy m2 sata ssd as using it effectively means losing 2 sata ports so why not use regular 2.5" sata ssd which is same performance wise but use 1 sata port.
 
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toofan

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Yes for someone who needs that much sata ports using m2 is not that much beneficial but for someone who likes to have less wires, m2 are worth buying as there is almost no difference in prices of m2 and sata ssds.
 

whitestar_999

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Yes for someone who needs that much sata ports using m2 is not that much beneficial but for someone who likes to have less wires, m2 are worth buying as there is almost no difference in prices of m2 and sata ssds.
That is because m2 sata ssd is basically same as regular 2.5" sata ssd without its external cover.It does have the advantage of no power & sata wire but it is only 2 extra wires though as most mobos don't support more than one m2 sata ssd.
 
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