Maximus Z690 Hero PCIe 3.0 Help with SSD's

[Megalamaniac]

I'm trying to transition from an Rampage VI Extreme Encore to a Z690 Hero, but I'm confused on how many lanes my 3.0 SSD's will use.

I pretty much had my RVIEE maxed out with 8 total SSD's - 3 in a RAID 0 Storage Array. I had 3 SSD's on the RVIEE Motherboad, 1 SSD on a Watercooled x4 Card (for my OS) and 4 SSD's on a ASUS Hyper M.2 V2 Card (Gen 3). Graphics Card is a 3080ti.

Due to an error while trying to upgrade my i9-7920x to a i9-10920x with a new waterblock, I damaged a socket pin and caused a catastrophic failure.......ONE EFFEN PIN.

So I got a 12900KF and a ASUS Z690 HERO. I also got a 980 Pro for my OS.

My question is can I get more than 5 SSD's if I get a GEN 4 Hyper M.2 Card? Will my x4 WC M.2 Adaptor work at 4.0?

If all but one of my SSD's are Gen 3, can I configure this MB in a way to get most of my SSD's back up. If I use the Watercooled x4 Card for my 980 Pro to run my OS, what am I left with?

[thomas_yiu]

Megalamaniac wrote:
I'm trying to transition from an Rampage VI Extreme Encore to a Z690 Hero, but I'm confused on how many lanes my 3.0 SSD's will use.

I pretty much had my RVIEE maxed out with 8 total SSD's - 3 in a RAID 0 Storage Array. I had 3 SSD's on the RVIEE Motherboad, 1 SSD on a Watercooled x4 Card (for my OS) and 4 SSD's on a ASUS Hyper M.2 V2 Card (Gen 3). Graphics Card is a 3080ti.

Due to an error while trying to upgrade my i9-7920x to a i9-10920x with a new waterblock, I damaged a socket pin and caused a catastrophic failure.......ONE EFFEN PIN.

So I got a 12900KF and a ASUS Z690 HERO. I also got a 980 Pro for my OS.

My question is can I get more than 5 SSD's if I get a GEN 4 Hyper M.2 Card? Will my x4 WC M.2 Adaptor work at 4.0?

If all but one of my SSD's are Gen 3, can I configure this MB in a way to get most of my SSD's back up. If I use the Watercooled x4 Card for my 980 Pro to run my OS, what am I left with?

hI,

The Asus Z690 Hero comes with Hyper M.2 card with 2 M.2 slots. You can install it on PCIEX16(G5)_2 and get PCI 5.0 x4 / PCI 4.0 x4.

[Megalamaniac]

thomas_yiu@ROG wrote:
hI,

The Asus Z690 Hero comes with Hyper M.2 card with 2 M.2 slots. You can install it on PCIEX16(G5)_2 and get PCI 5.0 x4 / PCI 4.0 x4.

The Hyper M.2 card that comes with the board only has 2 slots. PCI 5.0 is useless since there are no PCI 5.0 devices available.

I want to either get the Gen 4 Asus Hyper M.2 card that has 4 slots, or use My Gen 3 Asus Hyper M.2 V2 card (with 4 slots) to replace 5.0/4.0 with only two slots.

I want to put my 3080ti in the PCIEX16(G5)_2, My Gen 3.0 Hyper M.2 in the PCIEX16(G4), and the x4 WC M.2 (w/980 Pro 4.0 for OS) in the PCIEX16(G5)_1. I will also fill the three Onboard M.2 slots with 3.0 SSD's.

The question is how does this setup flesh out? Will the M.2 WC x4 adaptor work at 4.0, and what will I have to sacrifice to keep the WC M.2 x4 adaptor in the mix. I really liked seeing my 980 Pro with temps rarely breaking 40C