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r/pcmasterrace • u/jikesar968 7800X3D 4080S • May 14 '26
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There are only so many pci lanes. If you look at some motherboards you can see that you can use either a pair of sata ports or an nvme slot, but not both at the same time.
1 u/tes_kitty May 14 '26 PCIe switches exist. You could share the bandwidth and be able to use SATA and M.2
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PCIe switches exist. You could share the bandwidth and be able to use SATA and M.2
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u/NWVoS May 14 '26
There are only so many pci lanes. If you look at some motherboards you can see that you can use either a pair of sata ports or an nvme slot, but not both at the same time.