ladamyr153802d1
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Since I'm using a Zotac 4090 GPU and since at Gen 5.0, X16 is not that much better than X8 for a Gen 4 card, should I try to use it in the PCI_E2 slot and use the Xpander-Z card in the PCI_E1 slot so I can use it to run 2 M.2 2280 NVME PCIe 5.0 x4 drives? They should both run at 5.0 x4 there, correct? Eight lanes when the #2 slot is using eight on the MEG X670E ACE, right?
I could run it as a striped drive too. Will it run twice as fast?
How about a Raid 0 drive between all three Gen 5 drives, the two on the card and the one in the M.2-1 5.0 x4 slot on the motherboard. Will they run three times as fast?
Anybody want to take bets? I'll be doing this soon: First a Gen 5 for the board, then a 2nd Gen 5 and try it on the card with the first. If I get two Gen 5.0 x4 drives on the Xpander-Z card working at 5.0 x4, I'll first make it a RAID 0 array and test it to see how fast it is. Then go for a 3rd and see how fast of a boot drive I can get.
If this works I'll have a very fast 12 TB boot drive. And with the remaining slots on the M/B I can get a pretty fast Gen 4.0 RAID 0 array as well, stuff that doesn't need to be as fast as Gen 5, and certainly much faster than SATA 3.
I could run it as a striped drive too. Will it run twice as fast?
How about a Raid 0 drive between all three Gen 5 drives, the two on the card and the one in the M.2-1 5.0 x4 slot on the motherboard. Will they run three times as fast?
Anybody want to take bets? I'll be doing this soon: First a Gen 5 for the board, then a 2nd Gen 5 and try it on the card with the first. If I get two Gen 5.0 x4 drives on the Xpander-Z card working at 5.0 x4, I'll first make it a RAID 0 array and test it to see how fast it is. Then go for a 3rd and see how fast of a boot drive I can get.
If this works I'll have a very fast 12 TB boot drive. And with the remaining slots on the M/B I can get a pretty fast Gen 4.0 RAID 0 array as well, stuff that doesn't need to be as fast as Gen 5, and certainly much faster than SATA 3.
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