VORTEX GTS III ENIGMA c/w H310 Motherboard

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andrewstevens556

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Well.....I ordered one of these PCs today, and within a few hours I find out that the H310 motherboard limits the hard drive speeds. PCS Live Chat have advised that the motherboard can support full speed of the M.2 SSD but if combined with a SATA drive the two share the speeds. Is this correct?

I must admit I'm rather confused. For some reason because it's a pre-built next day PC it doesn't flag up that the motherboard can't support the SSD speeds, I guess because there isn't the option to change it. It's not helpful that it doesn't make you aware though, as I can see this has the potential of significantly limiting the PC's performance.

I tried the configurator to see what happens if I change the SSD and motherboard. The error that comes up is "Due to the limitations of the motherboard you have selected, the M.2 SSD Drive will be restricted to 1000MB/s Read and 800MB/s Write"

I was advised on LiveChat that "the B360M will not limited where as the H310M-A will be limited "


Is anyone on here able to advise please? I was looking forward to my new PC arriving tomorrow but now I'm hesitant to make too much of a start setting it up in case it's got to go back.
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

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I can't look up specs now but ottomh the H310 M2 is Pcie 2.0 x4 so would always limit a fast SSD like a 970 Evo.

That said if you're shopping in this range you probably aren't going to buy a 970 Evo anyway

B360 wouldn't limit but if you were spending extra for that you should probably just get Ryzen 3000 on a B450 instead which is better in about every way
 
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andrewstevens556

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Thanks Oussebon.

What is it that is restricting the speed please?

Is it limited all the time, or just because it is shared (as advised on livechat) please?

I'm concerned that by starting off with a limited motherboard,any future options are limited too. My current mobo is limited to 4gb RAM and I've found that very restricting.
 
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andrewstevens556 said:
Thanks Oussebon.

What is it that is restricting the speed please?

Is it limited all the time, or just because it is shared (as advised on livechat) please?

I'm concerned that by starting off with a limited motherboard,any future options are limited too. My current mobo is limited to 4gb RAM and I've found that very restricting.
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It has an older PCIe lane version, so it’s pcie 2, the current is 4. That’s what’s limiting the throughput.

it’s a very budget case, if you’re wanting M2 performance then you’ve got the wrong build.
 
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