I have a P8Z77-V Deluxe. It has the following ports.
2 Marvell
2 Intel 6.0
4 3.0 Ports
I seam to be advised to avoid the Marvell Ports except to use for DVD or nonessential drives.
My plan is to install onto the Intel. The Intel would be a Raid-0, maybe
My other thought is to use the Intel to cache my WD 2t Black with another WD 2t Black as a Raid-0. I'm not even sure if the performance advantage is much.
A second choice would be to use a SSD Samsung 850Pro 512 to cache a single WD 2t black, if this is even possible on the Intel 6.0 ports. But if a hard Drive can only get up to 3.0 why would I have to put this on a 6.0 Intel port. True i believe this is the only place to get the caching drive option.
Do the Intel drivers have to be installed before the operating system?
Asus support tells me that the Intel drive has to be installed before the operating system. My Intel ports are going to be a Raid-0, maybe. But if I did why the need to Install driver first. If I had installed a SSD and Hard Drive using the SSD to cache the HD I could see a possible problem. But if far as I can figure it seems I will have to create the raid-0 in windows. Especially since I don't see another way to create a Raid. For the Marvell I can get intro its setting with Crt+M. I don't even see the Intel set when logging in yet a way to get in. Might be something in BIOS that is not enabled.
A good understanding of the above will go a long way for me. Especially since I have been setting up this board for 5 weeks and ...
Bob
2 Marvell
2 Intel 6.0
4 3.0 Ports
I seam to be advised to avoid the Marvell Ports except to use for DVD or nonessential drives.
My plan is to install onto the Intel. The Intel would be a Raid-0, maybe
My other thought is to use the Intel to cache my WD 2t Black with another WD 2t Black as a Raid-0. I'm not even sure if the performance advantage is much.
A second choice would be to use a SSD Samsung 850Pro 512 to cache a single WD 2t black, if this is even possible on the Intel 6.0 ports. But if a hard Drive can only get up to 3.0 why would I have to put this on a 6.0 Intel port. True i believe this is the only place to get the caching drive option.
Do the Intel drivers have to be installed before the operating system?
Asus support tells me that the Intel drive has to be installed before the operating system. My Intel ports are going to be a Raid-0, maybe. But if I did why the need to Install driver first. If I had installed a SSD and Hard Drive using the SSD to cache the HD I could see a possible problem. But if far as I can figure it seems I will have to create the raid-0 in windows. Especially since I don't see another way to create a Raid. For the Marvell I can get intro its setting with Crt+M. I don't even see the Intel set when logging in yet a way to get in. Might be something in BIOS that is not enabled.
A good understanding of the above will go a long way for me. Especially since I have been setting up this board for 5 weeks and ...
Bob
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