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The M2_1 slot of every MSI Z490 motherboard supports PCIe with the 11th Gen Intel Core Processor installed The M2_1 slot will be

The top slot which my older gen 3 drive is in is the one that has dedicated PCIE lanes direct to the CPU from the NVME slot though and is the

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