Re: [H] Asus P9X79 WS and Gen3 PCIe

2020-10-26 Thread _ Winterlight
Subject: Re: [H] Asus P9X79 WS and Gen3 PCIe In order to use an NVMe drive you need an NVMe port. Your current motherboard doesn't have one. Using one of these boards vs a built in NVMe port really doesn't have any performance differences. It's all about getting the connection to t

Re: [H] Asus P9X79 WS and Gen3 PCIe

2020-10-26 Thread Christopher Fisk
__ > From: Hardware on behalf of > Christopher Fisk > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 6:17 AM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Asus P9X79 WS and Gen3 PCIe > > A caveat on the second one: The second one is M.2 SATA, not NVMe, so you >

Re: [H] Asus P9X79 WS and Gen3 PCIe

2020-10-26 Thread _ Winterlight
e there were so many different versions. Thanks From: Hardware on behalf of Christopher Fisk Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 6:17 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Asus P9X79 WS and Gen3 PCIe A caveat on the second one: The second one is M.

Re: [H] Asus P9X79 WS and Gen3 PCIe

2020-10-26 Thread Christopher Fisk
A caveat on the second one: The second one is M.2 SATA, not NVMe, so you may just want the first one to say the $3. On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 9:15 AM Christopher Fisk < christopher.f...@thefisks.org> wrote: > Your motherboard supports PCIe 3.0, so that is good, you will need to use > either first

Re: [H] Asus P9X79 WS and Gen3 PCIe

2020-10-26 Thread Christopher Fisk
Your motherboard supports PCIe 3.0, so that is good, you will need to use either first or second PCIe slot (I suggest the second slot which is an x16 slot that gets limited to x8 when something in the the first slot, use the first slot for your video card) You will also need to purchase an NVMe ad

Re: [H] Asus P9X79 WS and Gen3 PCIe

2020-10-26 Thread Jamie Furtner
Yes. Even if it wasn't PCIe is forwards/backwards compatible, the motherboard and device would negotiate the fastest speed possible between them. Jamie On 2020-10-25 5:16 p.m., _ Winterlight wrote: I am looking at a

[H] Asus P9X79 WS and Gen3 PCIe

2020-10-25 Thread _ Winterlight
I am looking at a Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SN550 NVMe Internal SSD - Gen3 x4 PCIe 8Gb/s, M.2 2280, 3D NAND, Up to 2,400 MB/s - WDS100T2B0C but I am unclear if my motherboard will support it = A