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  1. Ah I see, Not the issue I am having I am afraid, but I think that my motherboard (ASUS z97 Saberooth MK 2) does not come with an m.2 slot. My current bios revision is 2702. The boards compatibility with NVMe drives came with a bios update from reading the update history. Which also leads me to back up @Dabombinable in his suggestion of a bios update. I am not sure how to get the ball rolling on this or how to even suggest it in the first place to ASUS though. So right now my system is running on one less graphics card, which really is fine for my use case thankfully. This rig can survive on a single 980 Ti. I can just sell it, and upgrade my HTPC rig which does all the heavy lifting for graphic intense gaming.
  2. Ah I see, Well there seems to be some architectural issues that keep the drive from telling the machine that it's bootable when you are in PCIe 2.0 lane. I switched to the second 3.0 lane and boom, works like a charm. No improvement on speed though, oddly enough. Looks like I have a choice to make here, I can upgrade my video card in the future and just run 1 980 Ti, or change to the X99 platform to accommodate my PCIe usage.
  3. Hey, was just reading online while at work. So the bottom lane is only PCIe 2.0 and the Samsung PRO 950 is based off of PCIe 3.0 protocol. Think this might cause it to not detect it as a boot drive on power/restart? People are saying the performance should be hindered but when I run the benchmark with the SSD in that PCIe 2.0 lane I get 1800+ in 4x mode in comparison to the 800 in x2 mode. Ill try it when I get home.
  4. Ok, so I tried disabling the USB 3.0 ports 1 and 2. Still having the same issue as described. PCI-e lanes are as follows sound card (x1) 980 ti (16x) open (x1) 980 ti (16x) open (x1) SSD (x4)
  5. Hey everyone, CPU: I7 4790k MOBO: Asus z97 Sabertooth Mk.2 (Lastest firmware) GPU: 980 ti RAM: 16gb ddr3 corsair domninator 1866 Storage: C:/ - Samsung PRO NVMe on Silverstone PCIe M.2 Expansion card. D:/ - Crucial MX SSD 500gb x2 Raid 0 E:/ - WD Red 2TB x2 Raid 0 My issue is that if my computer powers off, it always boots into bios and does not detect the NVMe drive. However, if I switch the drive from 4x mode to 2x mode after a shutdown/restart... the drive suddenly works! I should clarify that this works in vice versa as well. So if the PC shuts down in 2x mode, and I boot it back up, it goes back into bios and switch it to 4x mode... it once again detects the drive when I save to bios and exit.
  6. Current PC: I7 4790K 12gb of ram GTX 980 TI 1tb SSD raid 0 (500gb x 500gb) 4TB raid 0 (2tb + 2tb WD red drives) (PC gets backed up to 16tb NAS) What I am looking for: Maximize the efficiency of the UNITY3D environment and just quick compiling in general. Looking to change my motherboard, ram, CPU and GPU. Will be transferring my GTX 980 TI and I7 4790k to my HTPC which will be my gaming PC. Budget: None, but nothing insanely expensive that just simply makes no sense.
  7. Might as well right? Ill post results in a bit.
  8. I am currently using a Xigmatek Dark Knight II, with two NF-P12s on it and gelid GC-extreme paste. Yeah those big coolers can be a pain, I no longer use them ever since I saw that my xigmatek dark knight II was only 2-3C hotter then my Noctua DH14.
  9. Lol, I like my rigs clean, quiet, fast, aesthetic and reliable!
  10. The cards are using the same profile through out the test and no the aftermarket cooler is not running at max speed, my ears would bleed. The INTAKE fans were ran at max speed. They ran hot because I don't like the ACX 2.0 cooler going above 1600rpm on the fan so I was going to just cut out a 120mm slot in the window for an intake, however I had these fans laying around and decided to try them and it worked.
  11. Thought my fan configuration would help some of us who are using SLI in this particular case or any case with a big window and no side intake/exhaust. Rear Exhaust :1x 140mm Rosewill Hyperborea Top Exhaust: 2 x 140mm Rosewill Hyperborea Front Intakes: top fan is 120mm Rosewill Hyperborea while the middle and bottom fan are the Silverstone AP122. Pretty standard, however... before committing to this I tested Noctua NF-F12s and 2 Scythe Ultra Kaze as front intakes in the middle and bottom positions just to see how the fans directly pointed at the gpus can effect their temperatures. I have two EVGA GTX 980 Ti ACX 2.0 in SLI and the top cards load temperatures are the only ones ill list. The fans tested were all done within the same hour, and were run at max rpm in Fire strike Extreme. Stock: 85c Rosewill Hyperborea: 87c Noctua NF-F12: 84C Scythe Ultra Kaze: 72C Silverstone AP122: 76C Now, the Scythe Ultra Kaze did lower it by a lot, but I threw that in their just to see how much of a difference a high CFM fan makes, it is a loud fan. The real winner is the Silverstone AP122 because of their ability to channel the air and lengthen it I assume. I thought it was gimmick but I can physically feel the air run around my fingers when I touch the top of the card which I did not feel before. It runs quiet at max as well. Share your setups?
  12. Hello everyone! I want to know if any of you have any tips, methods or information on how I should go about cutting the window of my Corsair AIR 540 to allow for a 120mm fan right over the GPUs. Thank you
  13. Update posted: Switched to air cooling because of pump failures and other qc issues. Switched from AMD (R9 295x2) to NVIDIA (2x GTX 980 TIs) because AMDs software is just too far behind, and I have grown impatient. I want AMD to succeed but I also want to have great reliable game experiences.
  14. Thank you, I love the cryorig C1, it is a beautiful piece.
  15. Actually, after tinkering with the motherboard a bit I got the QX9650 to 4ghz and the gtx 770 OC is on 100% utilization.
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