MSI Z170A GAMING M7 User Manual page 35

M.2/ SATA & SATAe combination table
Slot
M2_1 Empty
M2_2 PCIe
SATA_EX1 ✓
SATA_EX2 ✓
SATA1 ✓
SATA2 ✓
SATA3 ✓
SATA4 ✓
SATA5 ✓
SATA6 ✓
(SATA: M.2 SATA SSD, PCIe: M.2 PCIe SSD, ✓: available, ─: unavailable)
M.2 slots with examples of various combination possibilities
1xM.2 PCIe SSD + 6xSATA HDDs
PCIe
1xM.2 PCIe SSD + 2xSATAe HDDs +
2xSATA HDDs
PCIe
Available SATA/ SATAe connectors
SATA PCIe PCIe
PCIe PCIe SATA
✓ ✓
─ ─
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
─ ─
─ ─
SATA Empty
SATA SATA
✓ ✓ ✓
─ ─ ✓
─ ─ ─
─ ─ ─
✓ ✓ ✓
✓ ✓ ✓
─ ─ ✓
─ ─ ✓
1xM.2 PCIe SSD + 1xSATAe HDD +
4xSATA HDDs
PCIe
1xM.2 SATA SSD + 4xSATA HDDs
SATA
Overview of Components
PCIe SATA
Empty Empty
✓ ✓
─ ─
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
✓ ✓
─ ─
─ ─
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