Need assistance with motherboard setup? MOBO and NVME options available.
Need assistance with motherboard setup? MOBO and NVME options available.
I haven’t finalized my choice between 5.0 and 4.0 yet. I heard from others about performance issues, so I’m trying to avoid that.
On this platform your PCIe connections remain unaffected by the M.2 ports. Note: the x16 port transforms into an x8 port when using the Gen 5 M.2 slot. This shouldn't influence speed since GPUs don't rely on a complete PCIe Gen 4 x8 link. For further information, refer to the board specifications and user guide. Such problems aren't solely tied to PCIe or NVMe versions; they vary by device.
The performance should remain consistent when using a Gen 5 slot or Gen 5 drive, as long as the board or SSD meets the required standards.
On pcpartpicker, the issue involved their 5.0 model consuming excessive resources, taking over GPU lanes and causing roughly a 3% performance decline.
LGA 1700 supports only 16 gen 5 lanes. This varies by your board, but you can't run an x16 gen 5 GPU together with a gen 5 M.2 drive simultaneously. I'll use a gen 4 NVMe SSD instead. Gen 5 offers little change for most applications these days.
Reviewing the specifications shows the M.2_1 impacts the primary port