What type of SSD interface should I use for primary OS and primary application? I will be using GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK and I am thinking of utilizing the M.2 port on this board. I will have my old HDs for just my generic storage? Is there anything wrong with this or should I look at using another avenue? One of my concerns is that I will be running a PCI 3.0 16x card R9 290 card. Will this take up PCI Express Lanes and prevent the card from running at full capacity?
What type of SSD interface should I use? M.2???
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GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK , nice board , I'm running it right now.
Graphic Cards don't interfere with M2 but a decent sized Air cooler does , I don't use the slot.
Graphic Cards don't interfere with M2 but a decent sized Air cooler does , I don't use the slot.
TechyInAZ
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M.2 and PCIe SSD are the fastest so those are the ports to use.
PCIe SSDs are a bit faster than M.2, however are more expensive. So I'd go with M.2, you can find 120GB models for $100 or so.
PCIe SSDs are a bit faster than M.2, however are more expensive. So I'd go with M.2, you can find 120GB models for $100 or so.
TechyInAZ
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Your thinking of mSATA, that is a different interface than m.2 so they won't be compatable. And M.2 slots at max will only take up 4 pcie lanes (or no pcie lanes from the CPU depending on the motherboard) so only 2 way and 3 way graphics card configs would be slightly impacted, but only expect like a 2 max fps drop.
However, if you have a i7 haswell e cpu then you could do 3 way sli without m.2 affecting anything due to i7 having either 24-40 pcie lanes compared to i7 haswell 4790K for example which only has 16.
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