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[bloodycrashboy]

I dunno

maybe run one off the little PCie slot?

 

this one?

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/40790/intel-900p-optane-pcie-nvme-ssd-280gb

 

bloody expensive but 

Edited 15/03/18 11:00 AM by bloodycrashboy

[Puffwagon]

Yep that's not the one lol. You can get an adapter that cost about $50 then you can use a nvme drive in an x4 slot.

 

I don't know how many pcie lanes your mobo has or how many are already in use.

 

You might be alright though. 

Edited 15/03/18 11:05 AM by Puffwagon
Why not eh?

[bloodycrashboy]

got 2 there

 

 

 

Edited 15/03/18 11:12 AM by bloodycrashboy

[bloodycrashboy]

this??? @Puffwagon

 

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/40223/asus-hyper-m-2-x4-mini-expansion-card

[Puffwagon]

That's the one or at least one brand/size.

 

You should be sweet by the look of that mobo but it's worth noting that you can't fill up every slot and run everything at the same time or at full speed.

 

Your cpu will be using a fair bit of bandwidth being a 6 core and combined with your gpu at 16x there won't be a lot left but you'd need to look it up. 

 

This link talks about it in depth and you can find the info for your parts online. 

 

http://www.tested.com/tech/457440-theoretical-vs-actual-bandwidth-pci-express-and-thunderbolt/

[bloodycrashboy]

thanks Puff

I'll have a read

[Puffwagon]

No worries mate.

 

Also you'll have options in your bios for setting up your slots to various configurations and speeds. 

[bloodycrashboy]

Still all Greek to me Puff
Here is some info from the MOBO hand book
Maybe someone can enlighten me [emoji3]

[Puffwagon]

I had a quick look and it looks like it is possible even if your board doesn't support it in the bios.

 

While you could probably just put a nvme drive into an adaptor, it would run it wouldn't run at full speed unless set up properly.

 

You're going to have to do some research and work it out mate. Here's a link to get you started.

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/716439-nvme-m2-drives-on-x79/

[bloodycrashboy]

Thanks Puff [emoji3]