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x470 taichi Seagate FireCuda 520

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Topic: x470 taichi Seagate FireCuda 520

Posted By: Bob Kelso
Subject: x470 taichi Seagate FireCuda 520
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 10:12am

I see the seagate firecuda 520 is on storage QVL, but will it run at it's maximum speeds or should I get another m2 drive?

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Posted By: muziqaz
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 3:44pm

Storage QVLs are stupid and pointless. Buy whatever drive you want, all of them will run at max speed within what motherboard pci-e arrangement is.
Keep in mind your motherboard only supports pci-e gen 3, so firecuda will not run at its full potential. It will be limited to pci-e 3.0 speeds

P.S. Unless motherboard manufacturers list ALL the SSD storage devices and assure the compatibility, the QVLs are pointless :)

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Posted By: Bob Kelso
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 11:32pm

Thanks for the response, I got seagate firecuda 520 1tb. It was 20 pound more than a gen 3 I was gonna get, will migrate to next build anyway.

Posted By: muziqaz
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 11:32pm

Bob Kelso wrote:

Thanks for the response, I got seagate firecuda 520 1tb. It was £20 more than a gen 3 I was gonna get, will migrate to next build anyway.

Indeed, if price difference is small, no reason to go with older standard product :)

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