Every chipset has a predetermined number of sata ports and M.2 slots that it can support. The motherboard shouldn’t have more ports than it can support. If it isn’t showing up in Windows, make sure it’s showing up in your bios. If it isn’t then make sure the power and sata data cable are connected properly. Then once you get into Windows you need to use disk management to partition the drive (to avoid future pain i would advise just making it all one partition and not multiple smaller ones). This has to be done for almost any drive though, not just sata

​​​@@titaniac3037 Dude, you wrote a whole essay just to be wrong... If you connect an M.2 SSD to some boards that can lead to disabled SATA ports. Or sometimes boards allocate the same chipset PCI-E lanes to X1 slots and an M.2 port so both certainly won't run simultaneously. Chipsets only have a limited amount of bandwith and board manufacturers equip them with more ports than they can theoretically handle to cover a broad userbase. Nothing new

​@@omegaPhix That's serious BS, bro. That means those bastards are charging us for ports and slots that we maybe never gonna use. They don't even mention it on e-commerce websites.

@@smipy yeah but every board manufacturer mentions it on their website. My aasrock mobo has 6 SATA slots and 2 will be disabled if I use up my secondary m.2 slot. Quite frankly, I don’t understand how you’re still unaware of this.

@@silspd908 Frankly, I'm sure you find it when you go into the deep details of the product. I'm sure many people find this problem when they try to expand their storage. At the end they buy a new motherboard or a bigger drive. Those bastards never put bad things of their products upfront. And my point is still legit why charge for everything when I can't use'em all. I mean just have what the chipset can support. And I'm no computer geek. But still know the basic knowledge of every basic part does in the pc. And can sort my PCs problem myself. I don't build PCs every few years. Not that rich. I haven't even held a M.2 in my hand let alone a NVMe.

I am considering doing that because i am lazy with screws and sheet metals🤣

Same here 😂

Same mine just exists and just sits there

you guys should put it in where it belongs. Hard drives has moving parts. If its SSD it would be fine.

I cant find the big cable

Create one/two partitions with it...

@@andrei2873 "We didn't need to format it" It had 886gb unallocated that needed formatted into the old partition or a new one. Oh yea ...

lol those 90degree connectors are why im here, cant figure out how to manage the cables because all the ones that came with the PSU face the same way and coincidently prevent the SSD from being mounted. guess i can just shove it somewhere lmao

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Some people fear breaking something that is expensive to them

​@@StunXPlayz SSD or HDD not expensive 😂

@@jedvaulten02 dawg they can be for some

@@StunXPlayz well then don't be lazy

What

@@superduperbob Any other WD drive is super reliable, but greens are made really cheap, and aernt super reliable

@@TheGlitchyMario oh so is purple reliable

@@superduperbob yup. It’s primarily used for security cameras, but if that’s your use case, it should work great

@@TheGlitchyMario yeah mine is purple but im using it for pictures, i recognized that is said surveillance when i bought it but do you know what makes it different from the other colors?

Yes

Yes, u can.

yes you can, I do that myself, have a 240gb M.2 just for booting Windows and such and a 2TB 2.5 Inch normal SSD for storage, so go for it!

On my pc i have 2 M2 NVme, main for OS and an programms 2nd is for storage. Check on your motherboard what kind of PCie support do u have, so u can know what kind of M2 NVme to buy and use it with maximum speed.

Yes, they operate independently

Double-sided tape is a system builder's best friend

What type your motherboard & procie?

so instead of 50-100 dollars you pay 300-1500 dollars when you run out of storage?

Are you mayhaps dumb?

arent there plenty of video tutorials online

@@aryanreddy7346 Not worth the effort looking things up on tiny ass phone, with limited internet access. Tilted just thinking about it, that was some BS experience.

@@aryanreddy7346 Back in my day you had a book, where it said how to connect a SSD.

@@gamerdweebentertainment1616 oh that explains it. My pc that I'm still using was built in 2016 by my brother and uncle they probably had a manual book haha

I would replace it with a newer ssd. Since that HDD is from 2013, it could stop working someday soon of old age

Usually, a motherboard includes two such cables. Otherwise, you do need to buy them separately.

You got to go to the settings and setup the sad if not the computer will not recognize it

you should only need sata cables

@@superduperbob figured it out,thx

tape

Yeah you can. they are called sata cables

they should come with your power supply

Just buy one SSD data cable. You need connect one side to SSD drive and another to motherboard. That's it

Change it at boot menu in boot priority.select your win 11 SSD as the #1 priority and then boot it

yes but upgrade drivers

Don't ever send your PC to a repair shop

Cuz it's cheaper lol I bought 5 1tb ssd on sale for 30$ each 120$ total a 5tb single m2 gen 4 nvme would cost 300$+ my motherboard has so many ssd slots so it didn't matter but if I only had 1 slot I'd spend the extra cash on a 5tb

Yeah it is possible

lmao then why do they make ssd mounts on the back? just shut up

If your pc is tightly fit, then nah. It shouldnt be an issue.

SSD faster than hard drive. Harddrive better for mass storage. So basically if you just want speed M.2 SSD. If you want mass storage hard drive. If you want middle ground. SSD I just take is as. Bigger it physically is slower it is also just with how its connected is like the real reason. M.2 are directly into the mother board so. are fastest.

Hard drives are cheap. SSD are fast. Don't use hard drives for anything but storing things away you access occasionally, like movies or downloads or backups. SSD are for anything you use all the time, like the operating system or games. SSD have limited writes, they will wear out so you can't write to them eventually. Hard drives don't wear out, but can break more easily from mechanical stresses like vibration or dropping. Remember to back up your data in any case.

yes and no, I'm still annoyed people buy HDDs and they are kids mostly, so you know your ass a game will be installed there and congratulations on your loading game.... :)

@@gamerdweebentertainment1616 haha i still run my 4+ yr old hdd

Btw im not the guy on the pfp im acctually 10 yrs old

There's no such thing as a free pc

But you could find a cheap pc locally

Pc kinda better since do can do everything not just gaming.

If ur only 10, then good luck persuading ur parents to buy u one.

Wdym nvme, this one is a desktop pc

I can only fit two games on a 500gb SSD lmao, I need that 2TB.

why not? they are slow and prone to failure but are cheap

Yeah

i would recommend getting ur life together before spending money on a pc

That's less than the work fee 😅 Just maybe you can build a PC for 100 pounds that is half decent

Buy a cheap dell optiplex with a i7 3770 or 4770 and put a gtx 1050ti in the( all used)

​@@Ace-tv3jb i agree how will he pay his bills especially with a pc

​@@Ace-tv3jb i agree how will he pay bis bills especially with pc

no it isnt maybe you're just not listening. i can tell you never listened in school based on your spelling

@@superduperbob i'm not adult yet i'm still in school also i used something different to get more storage and i thought it was too complicated because of i don't have that much pc knowledge about how to build one or what it contains

@@nightmaretikymeme5564 then learn, if you want to modify something you dont just go blindy throwing stuff together

yeah put on an ssd in it it's very fast

if it fits

what?

lol there a lot of people who dont know about it