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ROG STRIX Z690-F GAMING WIFI M.2 Drive Confirguatioin question

ArmorDude1
Level 8

‎08-13-2024 08:08 AM

 

 

If PCIEX15(G5) has the MSI GeForce RTX 3080 10gig in it,  how many of the M.2 slots can I populate the drives, knowing the M.2_4 socket, kills the SATAG2 channel?

Can I have everyone(M.2.1, M.2_2, M.2_3) except the M.2_4 slot filled?

Drive and PCIEX16 Config Possibilities.png

ROG STRIX Z690-F GAMING WIFI
Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K, 3400 Mhz, 16 Core(s), 24 Logical Processor(s)
64 gig DDR5 Ram
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 10gig GPU


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JohnAb
Level 17

‎08-14-2024 03:52 AM

You can populate them all if you wish, but one of those slots might drop your GPU to x8, the manual should make it clear. Even if you do drop to x8, it makes less than 5% difference to GPU speed as the full bandwidth (x16) isn't used anyway. 

Z690 Hero, 12900K, BIOS 3701, MEI 2407.6.1.0, ME Firmware 16.1.32.2473, 7000X Case, RM1000x PSU, ASUS TUF OC 3090TI, 2 x 16GB Corsair RAM @ 5200MHz, Windows 11 Pro 23H2, Corsair H150i Elite AIO, 4x Corsair RGB fans, 3x M.2 NVME drives, 2x SATA SSDs, 2x SATA HDs.

ArmorDude1
Level 8
In response to JohnAb

‎08-15-2024 06:56 AM

Perfect.  Gave me the info I needed to find something new.  The 3080 barely reaches 8X as you mentioned.  That is great.

I have started working with WGS(Whole Genome Sequencing) of the genome.  

The files are huge. So I need to add at least one 4 TB drive to the main slot and then at least one additional $360 4 TB drive to the available slots. I have all the ATA channels filled with 6 drives.