Thinking about building a new PC

[drauz]

Basically if you install an M2 drive into your M2 drive slots, it’s going to shut off a SATA port. Taking a guess I’d think it will be shutting off a SATA port that’s on the motherboard itself.

If you can provide the motherboard brand and model I can dig into it more.

Asus - TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Would be using a Western Digital - Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive & Western Digital - Gold 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard

[Velfi]

Asus - TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Would be using a Western Digital - Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive & Western Digital - Gold 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard

I'd imagine you should be fine as I would guess there are at least 4 SATA ports on the MB.

Intel® Z390 Chipset :
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (SATA & PCIE 3.0 x 4 mode)*2
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support (SATA & PCIE 3.0 x 4 mode)*3
6 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), gray, *3

[Seizer]

This is straight from your manual.

When a device in SATA mode is installed on the M.2_1 socket, SATA_2 port cannot be used.
When a device is installed on the M.2_2 socket, SATA_5/6 port cannot be used.

Here’s a link to your mobo manual.
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards...lpDesk_Manual/

Found on page 28 to be exact. Has a nice picture of which SATA ports will be turned off.

[drauz]

I'd imagine you should be fine as I would guess there are at least 4 SATA ports on the MB.

This is the specs page:

[drauz]

This is straight from your manual.

When a device in SATA mode is installed on the M.2_1 socket, SATA_2 port cannot be used.
When a device is installed on the M.2_2 socket, SATA_5/6 port cannot be used.

Here’s a link to your mobo manual.
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards...lpDesk_Manual/

I still haven't bought this yet, I am still getting everything together. Kind of put it off for a while and coming back to this now, should be buying everything in the next month or two.

I also don't know a lot about this stuff.

[Velfi]

I still haven't bought this yet, I am still getting everything together. Kind of put it off for a while and coming back to this now, should be buying everything in the next month or two.

I also don't know a lot about this stuff.

With just those 2 drives you'll be fine, and you can still add an optical drive if you want.

[Seizer]

I still haven't bought this yet, I am still getting everything together. Kind of put it off for a while and coming back to this now, should be buying everything in the next month or two.

I also don't know a lot about this stuff.

All good that’s how you learn. Just like any major purchase research research research. If you have a Microcenter or Fry’s near you they are great stores with good customer service and support.