Need advice on SLI+PCIE SSD cpu and motherboard

[SpiiriiT]

I currently got two 980 ti's in SLI, and I have a intel 750 PCIE SSD, which won't work together on my current setup as I don't have enough PCIE lanes.

My current setup is z77-gd65 with 3770k cpu, which only runs the SLI and not the SSD, and I can't boot from my PCIE SSD.

I need a new setup with motherboard, preferably with dual gigabit ethernet.

 

Anyone got any suggestions for current hardware available or should I wait for something in the near future? 

[itsmyjobtoknow]

Actually it's not because you don't have enough PCI-E lanes. It's because z77 Boards don't have support for NVMe drives. 

[SpiiriiT]

6 minutes ago, itsmyjobtoknow said:

Actually it's not because you don't have enough PCI-E lanes. It's because z77 Boards don't have support for NVMe drives. 

Yeah I know I can't boot from it, but I can still use it if I only use one 980 ti, and two, but then I can't enable SLI.

[itsmyjobtoknow]

Just now, SpiiriiT said:

Yeah I know I can't boot from it, but I can still use it if I only use one 980 ti, and two, but then I can't enable SLI.

 

Well from my experience, my motherboard allows for me to do 8x/8x/4x if I disable my 1x slots and my AsMedia Sata Ports.

 

But based on this manual I am looking at...the most it can do is 8x/4x/4x...which is unfortunate.

 

As for recommendations, SkyLake is a thing so you might want to look into that. 

But ask yourself...do you really need SLI? 

[SpiiriiT]

Well I already have two 980ti's and 750 SSD so not using them is really not an option, and I'm running triple monitors so I do need SLI.

Skylake only has 16 lanes so it's not an option either unfortunatly.

 

[zMeul]

look into AsRock workstation mobos, if I recall it allows you to run 4*8x PCIe

but I think you'll need a Xeon

 

le: http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=Z77%20WS#Specifications

[itsmyjobtoknow]

5 minutes ago, zMeul said:

look into AsRock workstation mobos, if I recall it allows you to run 4*8x PCIe

but I think you'll need a Xeon

 

le: http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=Z77%20WS#Specifications

 

Only problem with that is z77 is a EOL platform...so trying to finding a specific hardware is pretty hard.

[zMeul]

Just now, itsmyjobtoknow said:

Only problem with that is z77 is a EOL platform...so trying to finding a specific hardware is pretty hard.

true ...

 

doesn't Haswell Refresh offer like 40 something PCIe gen 3 lanes?

[itsmyjobtoknow]

4 minutes ago, zMeul said:

true ...

 

doesn't Haswell Refresh offer like 40 something PCIe gen 3 lanes?

 

If z97....and Haswell Refresh offered that many lanes....I would be golden...but that is only with the X99 platform 

 

Edit:

Its only x99 with the 5930K and 5960X.

5820K only has 28 lanes

[itsmyjobtoknow]

17 minutes ago, SpiiriiT said:

Well I already have two 980ti's and 750 SSD so not using them is really not an option, and I'm running triple monitors so I do need SLI.

Skylake only has 16 lanes so it's not an option either unfortunatly.

 

Some motherboard have PLX chip that allows for more PCI-e lanes.

 

Specifically I am looking at the z170 Pro from Asus, which allows for 8x/8x/4x if the extra AsMedia Sata port are disabled. 

And worse case scenario...you can always return the product if it doesn't work for you. 

[SpiiriiT]

I'm considering the 5820k, 28 lanes would be enough, but it's almost 2 years old, so I'm wondering how long it would be untill a newer CPU with enough lanes comes out. I can wait if it'll be this year but If not I'll buy the 5820k.

Anyone know anything about the next release from intel?