My main drive is apparently dying and I'm planning to replace it with an NVME since I've noticed some of them are actually cheaper then even big name brand SATA ssds (probably an Adata or a Kingston NVME will be my choice)
However, I am very unfamiliar with M.2 and how they work (or how motherboards work in general) and I just had a few concerns.
It's worth pointing out that my mobo is an **Aorus elite X570 wifi**.
Some people have told me that apparently even though I have the SATA connections and the m.2 slots for all my storage devices, some mobos will only accept a certain amount of storage devices at a time. How can I tell if mine will accept a new NVME on top of the other already installed devices?
ATM, I currently have a 1tb HDD, a 1tb SSD and a 500 gb NVME m.2 into my mobo as a boot drive (I also have a 1tb hdd but that's the drive thats dying and I have to replace; but while I clone its partition to the new drive I would have to have it plugged into the mobo) PLUS the new NVME 1tb. Do you guys think my mobo will be compatible with yet another storage device installed? I can't find anything in the user manual referencing a "maximum accepted storage devices" or anything like that.
2) I noticed on my board that the M.2A slot is really close to the gpu. Like, REALLY close. Almost to a point where I'm nervous the m.2 would even touch it when the heatsink is slapped onto it. Should I be concerned about this? I'm scared I'll buy this new NVME, put all my important applications and files on it only for it to die from the heat emitted by the gpu. Is that how PCs work lol?
Thank you for any help!
