Never thought it was.

As for the PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0, most of it is news to me. That's why I called ASUS and Samsung today.
ASUS was hilarious... if it works, call us an let us know.

Long...

Too literal. :-)

Most NVMe M.2 drives are PCIe 3.0. The 980 Pro is PCIe 4.0... which allows speeds approx. twice as fast.

It's like the RTX vid cards. The X570 chipset is PCIe 4.0 capable. ...

You mean they don't just use really long wires ?!?


You do realize that all these companies live right down the street from each other, and that it's to their advantage to get their new products...

Well... I've decided that I'm not going to worry about the U.2 port.
Instead, I'm going to get a Samsung 980 Pro (M.2 SSD) as that will also free up a SATA port, as I can move my OS from the...

I "think" that SAS connector might work on a standard SATA hard drive...but I need someone to.... ask.

If you look closely at those pics I posted... that SAS connector has... the normal 7 pin...

I don't care about SSDs.
I already HAVE 2x 2TB WD Blacks, and 2x 1TB WD Blacks. Right now, they are sitting in a box.

I'd like to be able to use one of the 2TB HDDs, but I'm out of SATA ports....

bobkn


Ok.... may have to go with the PCIe card, if no one knows for sure about the U.2 cable...
I just checked, I already have a spare SATA power cable (shown by the yellow dot), dangling on...

Yes, I have seen that... this is the cable they mention...

Amazon.com

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And this is the connector(s) on the back of the HDD...

Ok... I have one of these on my motherboard.

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The problem...

I have a 2TB WD Black (3.5"), that I want to use as an internal HDD.