Question regarding MOBO and M.2

[guenseli]

Hello,

I have not much knowledge about the M.2 SSDs and the different standards they use.

I would like to buy a new MOBO and aim for the Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X as they say it has 4x M.2

I'd like to add Samsung 980 Pro into it.

As far as I understand, I could one day add 4 SSDs into it, is that right?

 

I have also "normal", old style SATA(?) SSDs here which I also want to use. Can anyone say, how many of them I can connect to this MOBO?

many thanks!

[TonyD]

It used to be so easy -

Having looked at the manual it looks like you could have up to 4 x pcie nvme drives + up to to 6 standard sata drives

the confusion arises if you want to add pcie sata drives - they share bandwidth with standard sata ports (but this does not  apply in your case)

 

[guenseli]

Thank you very much!