advice ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 Card Expansion NV Me M.2 drives and speed up to 128Gbps

[bigjohnthescot]

I bought this card to add to my build but am a bit confused as to the key needed I have been told that it comes with the key on the prime x299 deluxe and I have read that it DOESENT  come with the key, my boot drive is 32GB intel optane with 1tb 7200hdd with 4tb in raid 0 I will be putting 2 Samsung 960 Evo 500gb m.2 in it for the time being with 6 more being planned for the future what will be the best use of this set up ? build is not complete as of yet

[Judd]

Intel has not released their Vroc key yet so raiding the cards will be difficult. Also, you may not be getting x16 to the card if you have 2 graphics cards. If you put 6 m.2 drives in there then you will be using 24 lanes solely for m.2. Also, the m.2 connectors on the motherboard sometimes goes through the chipset which means the drive will not get its full potential. Linus just released a video on this.

[bigjohnthescot]

was that the video of the 4 Evo ssds  I will be just starting out with 2 960s as I realize this is fairly new 

[reapzzer]

If you have the 7740X (I assume you have this one based on your profile) You have only 16 CPU lanes (compared to 44 lanes on the i9s) So it's basically impossible to get any kind of SSD raid with adequate performance on this cpu (1GPU will eat every single lane this questionable x299 cpu has to offer).

[bigjohnthescot]

I have a i7 7820 on the way

[reapzzer]

Just now, bigjohnthescot said:

I have a i7 7820 on the way

I'd cancel that CPU and get at least a 7900X if you are serious about that NVMe raid. 7820X has only 28 lanes (fine by me as I don't plan any nvme madness ) and when you want to use that many SSDs you will use 24 lanes of that 28 available and let's not forget that gpu

[bigjohnthescot]

well I don't think I can cancel it (you know how Amazon is) but thanks for the advise! also should I remove the mob when i replace the cpu or can I just leave it in place its a full tower case and yeah i dont have the xtra 500 bucks for an I9 lol

 

[reapzzer]

1 minute ago, bigjohnthescot said:

well I don't think I can cancel it (you know how Amazon is) but thanks for the advise! also should I remove the mob when i replace the cpu or can I just leave it in place its a full tower case

 

Replacing a CPU is an easy thing especially on x299 because the backplate is mounted to the mobo so there's no need to remove the mobo from the case. Also if you'll stick to that 7820X I don't think it makes sense to go for that 6xSSD raid thing  

[bigjohnthescot]

ahh ok no sense in wasting money then I'll just wait a few more months then upgrade again I mean it IS a hobby lol as of this writing i only have 1 ssd on the way