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Storage Clarification on Z170 Extreme7+

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Topic: Storage Clarification on Z170 Extreme7+

Posted By: Gilph
Subject: Storage Clarification on Z170 Extreme7+
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2016 at 10:36pm

Hi, from the manual:

* M2_1, SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and SATA_EXP0 share lanes. If either one of them is in use,

the others will be disabled.

* M2_2, SATA3_2, SATA3_3 and SATA_EXP1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use,

the others will be disabled.

* M2_3, SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and SATA_EXP2 share lanes. If either one of them is in use,

the others will be disabled.

I put a 950 Pro NVMe in the M2_3 slot, which means SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and SATA_EXP2 are not available. Correct?
I put 850 EVO SSD boot drive in SATA3_0 and a hard drive in SATA3_1. Do they share or conflict with each other?

In general, the Intel SATA 6G ports (SATA3_0 thru SATA3_5) don't interfere with each other and devices get full bandwidth? It's only when you have M2 or SATA express that you really have to be careful? The wording can be taken a few different ways.

Thanks

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Posted By: DooRules
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2016 at 11:07pm

You have it right. Each M2 drive would come at the expense of two Intel Sata3 ports. So if you use one M2 drive you would still have 4 Intel sata3 ports available and they would of course have no conflict with each other.

There are no bandwidth issues under your scenario.