Is faster than SATA SSD drives? :: SG FAQ

Hello, I'm about to upgrate to 12th gen intel, and I unsure about a spec on the motherboards I'm considering The CPU will be a i5-12400,

Dabbler artlessknave said: *M2_1, SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 share lanes If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled M2_2, SATA3_4

m2 pcie 40 in 30 slot 2 standard contains variants with up to four PCIe lanes, one SATA 6 Gbs and or one USB port So it is possible to connect PCIe as well as SATA SSDs

m2 slot mainboard drives are not connected to a motherboard via a cable, and they're instead plugged directly into the motherboard using a dedicated connector slot