Do I use my slots correctly?!

[keavlar]

Hey all. 

I decided to check the HWinfo

And for some reason On Some slot, where GPU is located, it said it is not in use. 

Additionally, Am I using correctly the other slots to get Max performance from Hardware>?

 

I use Asus hero 7. MB 

GTX 1070 MSI Gaming X

 

 

[SavageNeo]

If im right the m.2ssd and your gpu share the bandwith between the m.2slot ang pci express, so moving the gpu to the other red slot could improve performance

[keavlar]

1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

If im right the m.2ssd and your gpu share the bandwith between the m.2slot ang pci express, so moving the gpu to the other red slot could improve performance

Emm?? For reals???

 

[SavageNeo]

Just now, keavlar said:

Emm?? For reals???

 

My asus strix x570-E does that, but im reading your motherboard's manual and we will see if that is true

[IrishJ]

1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

My asus strix x570-E does that, but im reading your motherboard's manual and we will see if that is true

But HWinfo already states that it is running in x16 mode, why it says it's empty idk, would ignore that.

 

Also your ram is also running in dual channel, you should be fine.

[SavageNeo]

Nevermind, the m.2ssd shares the performance between the black and m.2 slot. You have no worries

[Meganter]

1 minute ago, keavlar said:

Hello,

 

Well usually you'll go with A2/B2 populated for ram (2nd and 4th slot left to right) and not A1/B1 like you did but it works the same since it's the same channel. Never go A1/A2 or A1/B2 or A2/B1. So you are fine here.

 

From the website :

 

*1: The PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (PCIEX4_3) shares bandwith with PCIe 2.0 x1 and M.2 slot. The default setting is Auto Mode, which automatically optimizes the system bandwidth. If you install a PCIe 2.0 x4 device, the system will automatically detect and disable PCIe 2.0 x1 and M.2 slot.
*2: The PCIe 2.0 x1 slots (PCIEX1_1/2/3) will be disabled when PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (PCIEX4_3 ) operates under x4 speed or M.2 mode.

 

 

[keavlar]

1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

Nevermind, the m.2ssd shares the performance between the black and m.2 slot. You have no worries

Yeah saw that 2, got scared for a sec there. XD Thx

[keavlar]

2 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

*1: The PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (PCIEX4_3) shares bandwith with PCIe 2.0 x1 and M.2 slot. The default setting is Auto Mode, which automatically optimizes the system bandwidth. If you install a PCIe 2.0 x4 device, the system will automatically detect and disable PCIe 2.0 x1 and M.2 slot.
*2: The PCIe 2.0 x1 slots (PCIEX1_1/2/3) will be disabled when PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (PCIEX4_3 ) operates under x4 speed or M.2 mode.

Sorry, but you got me confused me here. 

Can you please elaborate? 

Regarding the RAM, I was aware not to place them together. But in case I will switch them Like you mentioned, can it have some benefit?> 

 

[keavlar]

PS. 

Why It said Max ram speed 800? But on website, much more?! 

[SavageNeo]

DDR=douple data rate. It means that your ram is running at 2x80mhz meaning that it actually runs at 1600mhz.

[IrishJ]

Just now, SavageNeo said:

DDR=douple data rate. It means that your ram is running at 2x80mhz meaning that it actually runs at 1600mhz.

Also MHz is not MT/s

In ddr terms as SavageNeo says it runs at double the speed.

800 Mhz are 1600 MT/s

[keavlar]

1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

DDR=douple data rate. It means that your ram is running at 2x80mhz meaning that it actually runs at 1600mhz.

XD yeah I know that.

I mean That when I was buyng, I remmber it said I can overclock to 2400 
1200mhz

[Meganter]

5 minutes ago, keavlar said:

Sorry, but you got me confused me here. 

Can you please elaborate?

It means you are fine

 

5 minutes ago, keavlar said:

Regarding the RAM, I was aware not to place them together. But in case I will switch them Like you mentioned, can it have some benefit?>

No it's the same as long as the ram are in dual channel you're OK

[SavageNeo]

1 minute ago, keavlar said:

XD yeah I know that.

I mean That when I was buyng, I remmber it said I can overclock to 2400 
1200mhz

You can oerclokc manually yes

[keavlar]

Just now, SavageNeo said:

You can oerclokc manually yes

And here is the issue. 

When trying, PC wont start. Beeping, unless I reset Bios. Settings, 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

4 minutes ago, keavlar said:

I mean That when I was buyng, I remmber it said I can overclock to 2400 

If it was rated for 2400MHz, you need to enter BIOS and enable the XMP profile for your RAM.

[keavlar]

Just now, SpaceGhostC2C said:

If it was rated for 2400MHz, you need to enter BIOS and enable the XMP profile for your RAM.

Already done that. 

Still wont boot 

[keavlar]

5 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

If it was rated for 2400MHz, you need to enter BIOS and enable the XMP profile for your RAM.

And if it said Max supported is 1600  if I try to go higher will it decrease the performance? 

I was able to go to 1800mhz 

[Niklos]

2 hours ago, keavlar said:

And if it said Max supported is 1600  if I try to go higher will it decrease the performance? 

As long as you dont chance the timing, no, it will not decrease the performance. But you may have an unstable system.

[keavlar]

15 minutes ago, Niklos said:

As long as you dont chance the timing, no, it will not decrease the performance. But you may have an unstable system.

So better to keep on 1600

[Niklos]

Well, unless it is stable above 1600mhz

[ZzLy]

4 hours ago, SavageNeo said:

If im right the m.2ssd and your gpu share the bandwith between the m.2slot ang pci express, so moving the gpu to the other red slot could improve performance

Wrong. The other red slot is running at 8x speed so what would result in even worse performance. The best he can do is get a PCIe to NVMe adapter card and put that in a lower slot so it doesn't share bandwidth with the gpu.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

5 hours ago, ZzLy said:

Wrong. The other red slot is running at 8x speed so what would result in even worse performance. The best he can do is get a PCIe to NVMe adapter card and put that in a lower slot so it doesn't share bandwidth with the gpu.

No need to:

 

10 hours ago, SavageNeo said:

Nevermind, the m.2ssd shares the performance between the black and m.2 slot. You have no worries