ASRock Forums : Z170 Extreme7+ & i7-6700K max. SATA drives https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:22:01 +0000 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 19:53:14 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3753 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[Z170 Extreme7+ & i7-6700K max. SATA drives : Thanks for the quick reply. I...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3753&PID=18797&title=z170-extreme7-i76700k-max-sata-drives#18797 Author: silverline
Subject: 3753
Posted: 08 Nov 2016 at 7:53pm

Thanks for the quick reply. I came to the same conclusion, but was a bit unsure. However, I will do this now.
Best, Normann
]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2016 19:53:14 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3753&PID=18797&title=z170-extreme7-i76700k-max-sata-drives#18797 <![CDATA[Z170 Extreme7+ & i7-6700K max. SATA drives : From what I can see in the manual...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3753&PID=18725&title=z170-extreme7-i76700k-max-sata-drives#18725 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 3753
Posted: 07 Nov 2016 at 7:57pm

From what I can see in the manual it seems like you should be able to use all 10 so long as you do not populate any of the M.2 slots. Each M.2 slot shares PCIe lanes with 2 SATA ports (so you lose 2 ports per M.2 device you use).]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2016 19:57:53 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3753&PID=18725&title=z170-extreme7-i76700k-max-sata-drives#18725 <![CDATA[Z170 Extreme7+ & i7-6700K max. SATA drives : Hi,I am planning to get an Z170...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3753&PID=18723&title=z170-extreme7-i76700k-max-sata-drives#18723 Author: silverline
Subject: 3753
Posted: 07 Nov 2016 at 7:15pm

Hi,
I am planning to get an Z170 Extreme 7+ MB with an i7-6700K CPU. The MB has 10 SATA connections and I want to use them all. 1x SSD, 1x optical, 8x hard drives as single drives (for software raid).

The Graphics card will only be a GTX 1050 TI only for NVENC encoding. So I think I will not need it to be 16x PCIe.
Of course I would like to use some USB 3 connection and other onboard connections.

Is this setup possible with the amount of lanes from the 6700K or do I have to plan for a different platform?

Thanks,
Normann
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