Author: Kayron
Subject: X99 Taichi: does it support Samsung Pro 850/950
Posted: 04 Nov 2016 at 10:57am
Subject: X99 Taichi: does it support Samsung Pro 850/950
Posted: 04 Nov 2016 at 10:57am
 parsec wrote:
Thanks for your kind words! Those two boards are very similar, the Fatal1ty X99 Professional Gaming i7 has a few more gaming oriented features some people might find useful. If you are planning to use multiple video cards in SLI or CrossFireX, and use a PCIe SSD in the M.2 slot(s), be sure your CPU has enough PCIe 3.0 lanes. The 5820K and 6800K processors have 28 PCIe 3.0 lanes, while the more expensive models have 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes. The M.2 slots will use four PCIe 3.0 lanes for each M.2 SSD like a 950 Pro. So two video cards with a 28 PCIe lane processor would run at: First card at x16, the second card at x8, leaving x4 for one 950 Pro. A 40 PCIe lane processor provides more flexibility. Another important thing, both of these new boards support Broadwell-E HEDT processors right out of their boxes. Earlier X99 boards require a UEFI/BIOS update before a Broadwell-E processor will work in them, and the UEFI update must be done with a Haswell-E processor in the board. |
Thanks again man. Appreciated. Not many people on the net would provide so much extra info, especially not to noobs. Was just reading your "how to install windows PCIe SSD". You are a life saver.
