No, it's not a brand-new motherboard overclock. It appears to be an updated version or variation of an existing design.
No, it's not a brand-new motherboard overclock. It appears to be an updated version or variation of an existing design.
It's not a new method for boosting performance just by increasing the clock speed without adding any features. If your setup is limited by AMD chipset rules when combining M.2 and SATA interfaces, certain connections won't function properly. The maximum capacity seems to be more than double the combined speeds of 2x NMVe plus 2x SATA, and you haven't reached it yet. Once that threshold is hit, the motherboard will begin blocking those ports, and both the hardware and operating system won't recognize the affected drives.
But that's not what it's about. The AMD B550 chipset caps you at 2 NVMe drives with 4 lanes and 2 SATA 6GB drives. Right now I'm using 2 NVMe drives, 4 SATA 6GB drives, and 2 USB external drives. I'm well beyond the B550's restrictions.
The stated boundaries might not be correct. A motherboard can be set up in various ways or paired with an additional controller that essentially provides more connections.
He was referencing what @Sakkura mentioned—logically, the boundaries you're using as assumptions should probably be incorrect since the outcomes of reaching the drive limit are clear and established. You haven't encountered them yet, so it seems unlikely you're hitting them. Therefore, the assumption you hold might not actually reflect the real limit.