F5F Stay Refreshed Hardware Desktop M.2 and SATA SSD inquiries

M.2 and SATA SSD inquiries

M.2 and SATA SSD inquiries

Pages (2): Previous 1 2
O
Okeinshield
Senior Member
595
05-09-2016, 10:46 AM
#11
It seems you're unsure about where you found this information. Could you clarify? I'm here to help!
O
Okeinshield
05-09-2016, 10:46 AM #11

It seems you're unsure about where you found this information. Could you clarify? I'm here to help!

A
Andy6575
Member
53
05-09-2016, 01:07 PM
#12
It might be the manual or something I haven't tried PCIe cards before, which means I'm not familiar with that topic.
A
Andy6575
05-09-2016, 01:07 PM #12

It might be the manual or something I haven't tried PCIe cards before, which means I'm not familiar with that topic.

I
iDoNotEvenLift
Posting Freak
936
05-10-2016, 04:37 AM
#13
I
iDoNotEvenLift
05-10-2016, 04:37 AM #13

M
MapacheLGND
Junior Member
3
05-18-2016, 01:49 AM
#14
Based on the manual, I believe running M.2_1 without a PCIe X16 slot will operate in X4 mode, while M.2_2 in X4 mode will disable SATA 5 and 6. For M.2_3, it shares the PCIe X16 slot in X4 mode unless both slots are occupied, then it switches to X2 mode with PCIe in X1. In short, I think it’s safer to skip the third M.2 and use the other two for better performance.
M
MapacheLGND
05-18-2016, 01:49 AM #14

Based on the manual, I believe running M.2_1 without a PCIe X16 slot will operate in X4 mode, while M.2_2 in X4 mode will disable SATA 5 and 6. For M.2_3, it shares the PCIe X16 slot in X4 mode unless both slots are occupied, then it switches to X2 mode with PCIe in X1. In short, I think it’s safer to skip the third M.2 and use the other two for better performance.

Pages (2): Previous 1 2