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On 2020-10-14, antlists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On 14/10/2020 19:58, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>> On 2020-10-14, antlists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>>> Does your mobo support NVMe drives? Just be aware my mobo is crap in |
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>>> that it says it supports two graphics cards, NVMe, etc, but if you stick |
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>>> an NVMe in the second graphics card is disabled, or if you use both the |
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>>> NVMe slots you lose a couple of SATA ports, or whatever. Bit of a PoS in |
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>>> that regard. |
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>> I think that's pretty common. NVMe uses PCI-express channels that are |
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>> often shared with one of the PCI-express "slots" on the motherboard. |
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>> As a result you can't use both at the same time. |
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> Is that the sign of a cheap/rubbishy mobo? |
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No. AFAICT, it's done even on good, highly rated mid-range desktop |
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motherboards. [I've never spent much time looking into high-end |
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server-grade motherboards, so I can't comment on those.] |
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Grant |
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