Jump to content

CPU or Chipset

AngryPig
 Share
Go to solution Solved by svmlegacy,
38 minutes ago, AngryPig said:

I am looking at the following motherboard - https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z490-AORUS-ULTRA-rev-1x#kf

 

It does not state if the PCIE slots are through the CPU or the PCH. However it does say that if you use both 16x slots, they both become x8. Does this mean it would have to be CPU since you can't split the lanes between the two? (As I am assuming they would be both CPU not both PCH with nothing on the CPU)

image.png.4508633dcea83b9e51d5a7e820e6017f.png

 

PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 are connected to the CPU as per the picture above.

Posted

I am looking at the following motherboard - https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z490-AORUS-ULTRA-rev-1x#kf

 

It does not state if the PCIE slots are through the CPU or the PCH. However it does say that if you use both 16x slots, they both become x8. Does this mean it would have to be CPU since you can't split the lanes between the two? (As I am assuming they would be both CPU not both PCH with nothing on the CPU)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
7 minutes ago, AngryPig said:

I am looking at the following motherboard - https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z490-AORUS-ULTRA-rev-1x#kf

 

It does not state if the PCIE slots are through the CPU or the PCH. However it does say that if you use both 16x slots, they both become x8. Does this mean it would have to be CPU since you can't split the lanes between the two? (As I am assuming they would be both CPU not both PCH with nothing on the CPU)

The top 2 will almost definitely be wired to the CPU. 

Rig: i7 13700k - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Assorted SATA SSD's for Photo Work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - Acer Predator X34 -- Logitech G502 - - Logitech G710+ - - Logitech Z5500 - - LTT Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/ Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x4 TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - Corsair 750D - - Corsair RM650i - - Dell H310 6Gbps SAS HBA - - Intel RES2SC240 SAS Expander - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

iPhone 14 Pro - 2018 MacBook Air

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Solution
38 minutes ago, AngryPig said:

I am looking at the following motherboard - https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z490-AORUS-ULTRA-rev-1x#kf

 

It does not state if the PCIE slots are through the CPU or the PCH. However it does say that if you use both 16x slots, they both become x8. Does this mean it would have to be CPU since you can't split the lanes between the two? (As I am assuming they would be both CPU not both PCH with nothing on the CPU)

image.png.4508633dcea83b9e51d5a7e820e6017f.png

 

PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 are connected to the CPU as per the picture above.

Main: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti, 16 GB 4400 MHz DDR4 Fedora 38 x86_64

Secondary: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, 16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4, Fedora 38 x86_64

Server: AMD Athlon PRO 3125GE, 32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 ECC, TrueNAS Core 13.0-U5.1

Home Laptop: Intel Core i5-L16G7, 8 GB 4267 MHz LPDDR4x, Windows 11 Home 22H2 x86_64

Work Laptop: Intel Core i7-10510U, NVIDIA Quadro P520, 8 GB 2667 MHz DDR4, Windows 10 Pro 22H2 x86_64

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
13 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

image.png.4508633dcea83b9e51d5a7e820e6017f.png

 

PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 are connected to the CPU as per the picture above.

I did not even realise that diagram existed. Thanks 🙂

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
Just now, AngryPig said:

I did not even realise that diagram existed. Thanks 🙂

It's in the manual usually! No Prob.

Main: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti, 16 GB 4400 MHz DDR4 Fedora 38 x86_64

Secondary: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, 16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4, Fedora 38 x86_64

Server: AMD Athlon PRO 3125GE, 32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 ECC, TrueNAS Core 13.0-U5.1

Home Laptop: Intel Core i5-L16G7, 8 GB 4267 MHz LPDDR4x, Windows 11 Home 22H2 x86_64

Work Laptop: Intel Core i7-10510U, NVIDIA Quadro P520, 8 GB 2667 MHz DDR4, Windows 10 Pro 22H2 x86_64

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
1 minute ago, svmlegacy said:

It's in the manual usually! No Prob.

My main rig doesn't have it in the manual so didn't know it was a thing. More manufacturers should it!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory

×