Can I install two PCI based drives
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Topic: Can I install two PCI based drives
Posted By: gschwemer
Subject: Can I install two PCI based drives
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2015 at 5:18am
| I currently have an NVIDIA 970 installed on PCIE2 and an IBM 750 drive installed on PCIE4. I believe the NVIDIA board uses 8 lanes and the IBM drive 4 lanes. Can I add a SAMSUNG NVME m.2 drive as well. The IBM NVME drive is my boot disk. |
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Posted By: gschwemer
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2015 at 5:22am
| BTW, my MB is ASRock Z97 Extreme6 with I7-4790 processor, 32 GB ram and running Windows 10. |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2015 at 1:38pm
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Yes, in theory you should be able to add another drive. Your GPU is meant to run at x16 however it will run fine at x8 (no notable performance loss) and the 2 drives will operate at x4 and x4 giving you a total of 16 lanes used. I cannot speak for compatibility with the OS or any potential conflicts but I highly doubt that would be the case. You should be able to add the SM951 without issue.
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Posted By: parsec
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2015 at 1:56pm
IBM 750? ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/48rujh" rel="nofollow"> 
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gschwemer wrote:Posted By: gschwemer
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2015 at 10:26pm
| The IBM 750 is the new PCI-E drive (see http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-750-400-Gb-Internal-Solid-State-Drive-Pci-Express-3-0-X4-2-15-Gbps-/331601689668?hash=item4d35003c44) |