ROG M.2 PowerBoost Lets Install 7 M.2 SSDs On Motherboard

We have some excellent news, regardless of your motivation. More M.2 drives may now be installed in a single system than ever before with ROG M.2 PowerBoost technology, which is available on some ROG Z890 motherboards.

Riding the rails with ROG M.2 PowerBoost 

Two factors available PCIe lanes and power constraints limited the number of M.2 slots that traditional motherboard designs could offer. With more PCIe lanes than previous generations, Z890 motherboards raise the ante, but power is still an issue.

All M.2 SSDs on conventional motherboards are powered by the +3V rail, which has a restricted current capacity. The maximum number of drives that can be installed without overloading is hard-limited by this architecture. In severe situations, power shortages may cause instability or performance decreases on a PC with numerous M.2 SSDs installed when storage-intensive activities are being performed.

By rerouting power to the PCIe 5.0 slots via an integrated 12V to 3.3V converter, ROG M.2 PowerBoost circumvents these restrictions and enables even the most demanding drives to draw on a steady supply of power. Up to seven M.2 drives operating at maximum performance without power constraints are supported by ROG motherboards with ROG M.2 PowerBoost with this architecture.

ROG M.2 PowerBoost offers more advantages than just increasing the quantity of games you can play. By lowering the possibility of performance bottlenecks and guaranteeing that even the most demanding PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSDs have a steady supply of the power they require, this new design can continue to function at a high level. Your drives will last longer because to that stability, which is also beneficial to their health.

For those who have a stack of M.2 drives from earlier PC setups, ROG M.2 PowerBoost also provides a great deal of ease. You have two options: either install the old drives in your new PC or put in the effort to combine that data onto new, bigger drives.

Storage upgrades across the ROG Z890 motherboard lineup 

Our most recent ROG Z890 motherboards provide unprecedented storage capacity thanks to ROG M.2 PowerBoost. Three of the six M.2 slots available on ROG Maximus Z890 motherboards are wired for PCIe 5.0, whereas the previous generation of ROG Maximus motherboards could only have five M.2 slots per board.

With Z890, ROG Strix motherboards will also have more storage. Check out the ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming WiFi, which has seven M.2 slots in total three of which support the newest PCIe 5.0 SSDs if you’re a fan of blazingly fast storage. This motherboard is ideal if you have a fever and additional M.2 slots are the sole treatment prescribed.

The ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming WiFi and ROG Maximus Z890 boards are the only ones having ROG M.2 PowerBoost, however the others have improved storage. ROG Strix Z890-F and Z890-A Gaming WiFis have a PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot but the same amount of slots as their predecessors. The tiny Mini-ITX ROG Strix Z890-I Gaming WiFi has two PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots and more. The M.2 Q-Release Duo is a unique space-saving technology that allows for two M.2 slots with dedicated heatsinks without displacing other important components on this tiny motherboard. One of these spaces is very simple to reach for rapid upgrades with the M.2 Q-Release Duo.