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It'll work, both drives will just go through the chipset pcie lanes. 

 

However, if this is just a gaming build I suggest you not get nvme ssds, as it's a waste of money. They don't perform any better than sata ones.

https://techreport.com/review/30813/samsung-960-pro-2tb-ssd-reviewed/5

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i want to install dual m.2 nvme ssds

 

mobo - ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING

 

cpu - 7700k

 

chipset is z270 as mentioned above

 

2 1080 tis will take the 16 pci e lanes from the cpu

 

so will installing 2 m.2 nvme ssds to the z270 chipset have any impact on its speed?

 

is there any difference between connecting an m.2 nvme ssd to the pci e lanes from the cpu and the pci e lanes from the chipset?

 

i don't want a RAID setup. just 2 separate m.2 nvme ssds. 1 for the boot drive and the other for storage

 

as i understand the z270 chipset has 24 pci e lanes

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The GPU will use the 16 lanes from the CPU.

The chipset will provide the lanes for the m.2 SSDs, independent of the CPU lanes.

 

So no, no impact.

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6 minutes ago, kekarot said:

i want to install dual m.2 nvme ssds

 

mobo - ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING

 

cpu - 7700k

 

chipset is z270 as mentioned above

 

2 1080 tis will take the 16 pci e lanes from the cpu

 

so will installing 2 m.2 nvme ssds to the z270 chipset have any impact on its speed?

 

is there any difference between connecting an m.2 nvme ssd to the pci e lanes from the cpu and the pci e lanes from the chipset?

 

i don't want a RAID setup. just 2 separate m.2 nvme ssds. 1 for the boot drive and the other for storage

 

as i understand the z270 chipset has 24 pci e lanes

but yea the mobo has 2 m.2 slots where you can put m.2 SSD and your system would be a bit faster than with SATA SSD

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12 minutes ago, kagarium said:

The GPU will use the 16 lanes from the CPU.

The chipset will provide the lanes for the m.2 SSDs, independent of the CPU lanes.

 

So no, no impact.

so are you saying that the 2 m.2 nvme ssds will perform just as fast as they will if they were connected to the pci e lanes from the cpu?

 

can the dmi 3.0 link between the cpu and the chipset be saturated?

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It'll work, both drives will just go through the chipset pcie lanes. 

 

However, if this is just a gaming build I suggest you not get nvme ssds, as it's a waste of money. They don't perform any better than sata ones.

https://techreport.com/review/30813/samsung-960-pro-2tb-ssd-reviewed/5

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26 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

It'll work, both drives will just go through the chipset pcie lanes. 

 

However, if this is just a gaming build I suggest you not get nvme ssds, as it's a waste of money. They don't perform any better than sata ones.

https://techreport.com/review/30813/samsung-960-pro-2tb-ssd-reviewed/5

yes

thank you

i have seen that information being mentioned on quite a few places on the internet

mine is indeed a gaming build

i have been contemplating between the two for a while now

i will have to select one soon

i will consider your suggestion as well

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