Motherboard with 2-3 M.2 spots for Ryzen 5000

neviditelny · 24 Oct 2020 at 04:42

I'm planning (as many others) to do an upgrade of my pc in the coming months. My plan is to get a mobo where I could use 2xM.2 harddrives, one for windows/software and one as a gaming drive.

What would your suggestions be for this? I'm thinking about going up to about £300 in price for it,maybe more if it is really a good board.

The_Arbiter · 24 Oct 2020 at 08:12

Some of the B550s are sub £150 and do this, unless you were after something specific?

neviditelny · 24 Oct 2020 at 08:41

The_Arbiter said:
Some of the B550s are sub £150 and do this, unless you were after something specific?

Not really that much specific. SOmething that will be easy to use the new Ryzen 5000 series on, have at least 2xM.2 connections and can take at least 64gb memory lol. I'm not concerned about having RBG function or so either

The_Arbiter · 25 Oct 2020 at 07:42

Mortar/ Mortar Wifi for matx or Tomahawk is atx. There are others which are on sale also. The mortar does have decent thermals from what i've seen for the cost.

EsaT · 25 Oct 2020 at 12:41

No sense in wasting limited M.2 slots for some separate pipsqueek drive.
Partitioning is for keeping Windows separate from the rest in case of needing to do fresh install.

ScotchHop · 28 Oct 2020 at 17:02

Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro is reasonable and has 2 x M.2 slots

COYS · 29 Oct 2020 at 10:19

What PCI-E gen do you want all of the M2 slots to be? PCI-E 4 or 3?

neviditelny · 31 Oct 2020 at 11:09

COYS said:
What PCI-E gen do you want all of the M2 slots to be? PCI-E 4 or 3?

I got a Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB m.2 waiting for my new build and it is a PCI-E 3rd gen as I understand it. I'm thinking about maybe get another 1TB (maybe 2TB depending on price) as a pure gaming drive depending on price but not sure which brand I would go for.

Shaolin Chicken · 31 Oct 2020 at 13:39

The adata xpg sx8200 pro is a good pcie 3.0 drive for a good price and also comes with a 5 year warranty.

neviditelny · 31 Oct 2020 at 19:24

Shaolin Chicken said:
The adata xpg sx8200 pro is a good pcie 3.0 drive for a good price and also comes with a 5 year warranty.

I've heard quite a few people recommend that make. I've also been recommended the Sabrent drives which is about the same price range so I have a few options.

Shaolin Chicken · 31 Oct 2020 at 19:30

neviditelny said:
I've heard quite a few people recommend that make. I've also been recommended the Sabrent drives which is about the same price range so I have a few options.

Agreed, I don't think you can go wrong with either option.

NoNameNoNumber · 31 Oct 2020 at 19:45

Get 1 as big as you can afford and just partition it for Windows.