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Post by MachineLearning on Oct 18, 2022 13:46:52 GMT -5
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Post by Macsbeach98 on Oct 18, 2022 17:39:53 GMT -5
Right how do you plug a NVMe drive into a X58 board dont they have to have a NVMe port on the board itself?
Or I got no idea what I am talking about probably.
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Post by MachineLearning on Oct 18, 2022 18:44:42 GMT -5
Right how do you plug a NVMe drive into a X58 board dont they have to have a NVMe port on the board itself? Or I got no idea what I am talking about probably. A PCIe x4 -> M.2 adapter. That one in particular has a slot for a M.2 SATA SSD as well, which is connected through the SATA port on the side (not PCIe). Both are powered via PCIe. X58 of course is limiting it to PCIe 2.0 x4 but the adapter is capable of 3.0 x4. Wicked cheap too. When there aren't any space constraints I like to stick one of those adhesive mini aluminum heatsinks on the SSD controller to prevent throttling.
If you were a crazy person you could theoretically run 16 (!) NVMe drives on X58 (albeit at PCIe 2.0) using: An ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer, six 2-port M.2 PCIe adapters, plus one 4-port M.2 NVMe adapter (with a GPU in an X8 slot). Maybe even more, if the adapter purchased can allow for PCIe 2.0 x2 bandwidth to each drive from x8 motherboard connection. 
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Post by Vinster on Oct 18, 2022 20:54:35 GMT -5
Right how do you plug a NVMe drive into a X58 board dont they have to have a NVMe port on the board itself? Or I got no idea what I am talking about probably.
Just a word of warning/heads-up on some of those units. When you see one with a SATA plug on it. That is to connect the drive closest to it to a MB Sata plug, usually that board plug is an mSATA plug. Only the bottom drive slot supports NVMe drives. I had to return a few that had bad descriptions or specs until I found a proper x2 NVMe PCIe card.
it's a touch pricier, but I have a 1TB Samsung 980 (for VM's) and a 1TB WD Black (For Docker Applications) in each slot in my unraid server (Lenovo ThinkServer TD340). Both drives are running well near their rated speeds. I couldn't be happier with it.
Vin
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Post by MachineLearning on Oct 18, 2022 21:18:13 GMT -5
Just a word of warning/heads-up on some of those units. When you see one with a SATA plug on it. That is to connect the drive closest to it to a MB Sata plug, usually that board plug is an mSATA plug. Only the bottom drive slot supports NVMe drives. I had to return a few that had bad descriptions or specs until I found a proper x2 NVMe PCIe card.
it's a touch pricier, but I have a 1TB Samsung 980 (for VM's) and a 1TB WD Black (For Docker Applications) in each slot in my unraid server (Lenovo ThinkServer TD340). Both drives are running well near their rated speeds. I couldn't be happier with it.
Vin
Yep exactly, I actually bought this unit specifically for the dual NVMe/SATA M.2 function. It pays to be cautious though, if your needs are different. |
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Post by Macsbeach98 on Oct 19, 2022 5:32:51 GMT -5
Ah x58 is only good for benching these days dont think that would be a help to me.  Would be good for retro builds though. |
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Post by austin86 on Oct 20, 2022 9:05:23 GMT -5
There is a whole forum dedicated to bios modded win raid I think is its name. Anyway there is a lot of modded bios there with NVME support. I tried a few and I do not recommend them, you're better off getting a Samsung 950 witch supports legacy booting in older systems without NVME support in my option.
When I tried the bios they were all very picky with NVME drives and often did not work.
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