Z170 Extreme7+ & i7-6700K max. SATA drives

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   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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silverline Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Nov 2016 Status: Offline Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote silverline Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Z170 Extreme7+ & i7-6700K max. SATA drives 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

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 30808	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply 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).


silverline Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Nov 2016 Status: Offline Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote silverline Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply 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