Hello! I am building a PC. My mobo is an ASUS X99 Deluxe II. I have not begun to assemble it yet, as the heatsink hasn't arrived just yet (otherwise, I have everything else necessary for my build). Before starting, I made sure to read the entire manual for the mobo (assembly-wise). It mentions 28-lane CPUs versus 40-Lane CPUs. My CPU is an i7 6800k (Broadwell-E), I have 4 sticks of DDR4 2133mHz RAM (16GB each), and an NVIDIA 1070, as well as an M.2 PCIe 3.0 SSD and a SATA HDD. I also plan on using the PCIe thunderbolt expansion card that came with the mobo. However, as my CPU is 28-lane, I am really confused as to what that means, in regards to which slots I can and cannot use and such. I have read and re-read the manual, as well as searched around on the web, and am still quite perplexed. Can anyone explain to me which slots I can and cannot use, as per the config I listed above, with a 28-lane CPU? Here is the link to the mobo's specs: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/X99-DELUXE-II/specifications/
Thank you in advance!
-Doombot1
Thank you in advance!
-Doombot1