Idiot's question: Please confirm what I can put on this motherboard.

Posted by whichkey45@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 2 comments

I have a ROG STRIX B650E-F wifi motherboard with an AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Processor, and wonder if somebody who isn't an idiot can just confirm that I can put the cards I want onto it. Also, I assume the 'AMD B650 chipset' refers to the motherboard - please tell me if this is wrong. I did google this but the 'chipset' terminology confused me a bit. So, I currently have a 1TB nvme ssd in the M.2\_1 slot. I want to put a 4TB nvme ssd in this slot, and put the 1TB ssd in M.2\_2 slot. I want to put a graphics card into the PCIe 5.0 x16 slot. Finally, the last line of the spec below says: 'M.2\_3 slot shares bandwidth with PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode) When M.2\_3 slot is operating in PCIe mode, M.2\_3 will be disabled.' I assume this means that if I want to put a second graphics card onto the M.2\_3 slot I can, provided I only use the M.2\_1 and M.2\_2 slots for ssd's. Thanks for any help. The spec below are from this link: [https://rog.asus.com/us/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-b650e-f-gaming-wifi-model/spec/](https://rog.asus.com/us/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-b650e-f-gaming-wifi-model/spec/) EXPANSION SLOTS **AMD Ryzen™ 9000 & 7000 Series Desktop Processors** 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slot **AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series Desktop Processors** 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (support x8/x4 mode)\* **AMD B650 Chipset** 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)\*\* 2 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x1 slots \*Specification vary by CPU types.\* \*\* PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode) from AMD B650 Chipset shares bandwidth with M.2\_3. # Storage **Total supports 3 x M.2 slots and 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports\*** **AMD Ryzen™ 9000 & 7000 Series Desktop Processors** M.2\_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280(supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode) M.2\_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode) **AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series Desktop Processors** M.2\_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280(supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode) M.2\_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 mode)\*\* **AMD B650 Chipset** M.2\_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)\*\*\* 4 x SATA 6Gb/s port \* AMD RAID Xpert Technology supports both NVMe RAID 0/1/10 and SATA RAID 0/1/10. \*\* Specification vary by CPU types. \*\*\* M.2\_3 slot shares bandwidth with PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode) When M.2\_3 slot is operating in PCIe mode, M.2\_3 will be disabled.