Connecting ssd hd and dvd writer on Maximus Hero VIII

[Bram_de_Gruijte]

HI there, the last time I build a PC was in the Pentium I age, but due to a mishap in pocessor delivery I was forced to assemble my Skylake rig myself. Before booting her up I want to be sure I connected everything in the right way. Altough there's a kind of black and white pocket book that comes with the Mobo, I can't say it's all that explicit to me the least when it comes to connecting an SSD, HD and DVD writer. So we have Sata BG 1 and 2, then the darker coloured Sata Bg_E1 and Bg_E2 ports followed by the Sata Bg 3/4/5/6 ports.
On the mobo it says Sata Express for these 4 ports. (page 32 - 33 of the manual)
Now I connected my SSD (boot) to the Bg1 and the WD Black HD with 64 Mb ssd part to the Bg2 port. My Dvd writer to the Bg E_1
port. Did I do that correct? As the manual doesn't give any advice on this (morons) an no colour pics, it really puzzles me.
The water cooling pump connector I connected to the respective connector on top of the mobo (page 7 and 8 of the manual)
and of course the fans to the 2 connecors to the right of the water pump connector. Okay, please help me with my final check, much appreciated.
Another issue is that the Cooler Master Cosmos SE case comes with 2 standard USB 2.0 and 2 blue coloured 3.0 ports on top of the case, but only a usb 2.0 connector was provided. Sould I buy an extra cable to connect the 3.0 ports I know there's a 3.0 usb connector on the mobo bext to the Sata ports.

[Bram_de_Gruijte]

thks, xmp to yes, thats all then? Can I test mem speed from a windows environment?

[Chino]

Of course. Use HCI Memtest.

[Bram_de_Gruijte]

Thanks again Chino, I'll run it later as it takes some time the software tels me. 🙂

[Bram_de_Gruijte]

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