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Overview of Components
M.2/ SATA & SATAe combination table
Slot Available SATA/ SATAe connectors
M2_1 Empty SATA PCIe PCIe SATA Empty PCIe SATA
M2_2 PCIe PCIe PCIe SATA SATA SATA Empty Empty
SATA_EX1 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻
SATA_EX2 󰃻     󰃻  
SATA1 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻    󰃻 󰃻
SATA2 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻    󰃻 󰃻
SATA3 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻
SATA4 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻 󰃻
SATA5 󰃻     󰃻  
SATA6 󰃻     󰃻  
(SATA: M.2 SATA SSD, PCIe󰃻
M.2 slots with examples of various combination possibilities
PCIe
PCIe
PCIe
SATA
SATA2SATA5SATA6
SATA1SATA3SATA4
SATA2 SATA1SATA_EX1
SATA_EX2
SATA2SATA5SATA5 SATA6SATA6
SATA1SATA_EX1
1xM.2 PCIe SSD + 6xSATA HDDs
1xM.2 PCIe SSD + 2xSATAe HDDs +
2xSATA HDDs
1xM.2 PCIe SSD + 1xSATAe HDD +
4xSATA HDDs
1xM.2 SATA SSD + 4xSATA HDDs
SATA3SATA4