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CPU Socket: AM4 Chipset: X570 Memory Slots: 4 Channel Support: Dual Max Memory Speed: 4,000MHz Max Memory Capacity: 64GB Expansion Slots: 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16, 1 x PCIe 4.0x4 (x16 slot), 1 x PCIe 4. Some motherboards are flexible, offering mounting holes for the retention screw at some or all of these intervals. While the M.2 standard uses the same 22 millimeter-wide slot for all cards, it’s not necessarily the exact same slot.
With the launch of AMD’s latest X570 Motherboard lineup, PCIe Gen4 Technology also arrived in the market which doubles the bandwidth of the previous PCIe 3.0 Technology. The good news is that the PCIe 4.0 is backward compatible with PCIe 3.0 but don’t expect your PCIe Gen3x4 drives to run at Gen4x4 speeds in PCIe 4.0 slot.
Since PCIe NVMe drives are far superior than SATA SSDs or HDDs, these have become the first choice for professionals. As the price of PCIe drives has been decreasing substantially, professionals nowadays are opting for “all PCIe SSD” systems. Content creators love to have lots of physical partitions in their system to effectively manage their workflow but there are only a few motherboards in the market that can serve for this need.
- MSI MEG Z490 GODLIKE Gaming Motherboard (E-ATX, 10th Gen Intel Core, LGA 1200 Socket, DDR4, SLI/CF, Triple M.2 Slots, Thunderbolt 3 Type-C, Wi-Fi 6, Mystic Light RGB) 4.6 out of 5 stars 48 $718.99 $ 718.
- GIGABYTE B450 AORUS PRO WIFI (rev. 1.0) AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard. Number of Memory Slots: 4×288pin; Memory Standard: Support for DDR4 3600(O.C.)/ 3466(O.C.)/ 3200(O.C.)/ 2933/ 2667/ 2400/ 2133 MHz memory modules; PCI Express 3.0 x16: 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16). Actual support may vary by CPU.
So, which motherboard supports the most number of PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 slots?
MSI MEG X570 Godlike supports a total of five M.2 PCIe Gen4x4 slots which is higher than any X570 motherboard could offer. Professionals who do Video Editing, Color Correction, Modelling, Music Production, etc. need a large number of drives to manage libraries and files instead of one single large capacity drive and they would love what MSI MEG X570 Godlike has to offer.
Motherboard Mit M2 Slot
Not all five M.2 PCIe slots are integrated into the motherboard. Three PCIe Gen4x4 slots are integrated and the option for 2 remaining Gen4x4 slots is available via included add-in-card which MSI calls “XPANDER-Z Gen4”.
Unfortunately, the XPANDER-Z Gen 4 add-in card is not individually available for purchase in the market as of now. It only comes with selected MSI motherboards.
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After this Godlike, MSI Prestige X570 Creation motherboard comes up with the support of four M.2 PCIe 4.0 Slots incorporating two slots within the board. The other two slots are provided by the XPANDER-Z Gen4 AIC.