Author: parsec
Subject: X99
Posted: 23 Sep 2016 at 12:48am
The i7-6850K has 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes:
http://ark.intel.com/products/94188/Intel-Core-i7-6850K-Processor-15M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz
So there is more than enough PCIe 3.0 lanes available for video cards and other devices.
Beyond that, it depends on the specific X99 board you will be using, and how it allocates the PCIe lanes for the M.2 slot. All X99 boards are not the same, and you did not mention which X99 board you will be using.
All you need to do is understand the PCIe lane allocation to the PCIe slots and the M.2 slot, and use the appropriate slots. You should have no problem running a video card at PCIe 3.0 x16, with an M.2 SSD (also unknown to us) at PCIe 3.0 x4.
Knowing which X99 board you will be using will allow us to determine which PCIe slot to use for a video card to run at x16.
Subject: X99
Posted: 23 Sep 2016 at 12:48am
 spyknee wrote:Question i7 6850 if I use an M.2 SSD in the M2 1 slot, a vid card in pcie slot2, will the ssd drive pcie lanes step on the vid card lanes, ssd 4 lanes video 16 lanes................  |
The i7-6850K has 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes:
http://ark.intel.com/products/94188/Intel-Core-i7-6850K-Processor-15M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz
So there is more than enough PCIe 3.0 lanes available for video cards and other devices.
Beyond that, it depends on the specific X99 board you will be using, and how it allocates the PCIe lanes for the M.2 slot. All X99 boards are not the same, and you did not mention which X99 board you will be using.
All you need to do is understand the PCIe lane allocation to the PCIe slots and the M.2 slot, and use the appropriate slots. You should have no problem running a video card at PCIe 3.0 x16, with an M.2 SSD (also unknown to us) at PCIe 3.0 x4.
Knowing which X99 board you will be using will allow us to determine which PCIe slot to use for a video card to run at x16.