"Gaming is still a primary use on most motherboards and though 'Gaming' isn't in the Taichi's name, it keeps the same PCIe slot spacing, configuration, and slot protection as the Gaming i9, making the setup for multi-GPU configurations."
Yeah not sure why they're bothering with the controller to add the two extra. I guess some people need that many. Must want a lot of hard drives but not have them be externally connected through a NAS or other storage server.
so even with a 44 lane cpu, PCIe slot 5 has no connection ?? example.. vid card in Slot 1, sound card in slot 4, the x4 slot, so where would say a raid card go ?? slot 3 or slot 5?????
We have updated the article with additional information which answers your question. Basically, with a 44 or 28 lane CPU, x8 lanes will go to the 5th PCIe slot. Since it shares lanes with the first PCIe slot, it will also drop down to x8.
As far as I can tell from reading different X299 reviews only ASRock has M.2 slot that uses cpu PCIe lanes instead of chipset limited DMI3.0 lanes. So instead of Asus Tuf X299 Mark 2 , this Tacihi XE will be better choice. If there is any other X299 motherboards using cpu for PCIe lanes, let me know.
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UltraWide - Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - link
I love the PCIe lane chart, so simple and effective!hansmuff - Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - link
"Gaming is still a primary use on most motherboards and though 'Gaming' isn't in the Taichi's name, it keeps the same PCIe slot spacing, configuration, and slot protection as the Gaming i9, making the setup for multi-GPU configurations."I think you may have skipped a word :)
hansmuff - Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - link
And I replied to the wrong post. Oh well!Joe Shields - Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - link
Updated Yesterday. Good catch! Thank you!peevee - Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - link
"10 SATA ports"Why?
peterfares - Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - link
Yeah not sure why they're bothering with the controller to add the two extra.I guess some people need that many. Must want a lot of hard drives but not have them be externally connected through a NAS or other storage server.
jabber - Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - link
There will always be people that want to run the wrong hardware for the wrong job. Let them get on with it I say.ikjadoon - Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - link
I think this may have been left in body style instead of subheader style, on the overclocking page:Overclocking Results
Joe Shields - Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - link
Updated where needed. Thanks!Qasar - Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - link
so even with a 44 lane cpu, PCIe slot 5 has no connection ?? example.. vid card in Slot 1, sound card in slot 4, the x4 slot, so where would say a raid card go ?? slot 3 or slot 5?????Joe Shields - Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - link
We have updated the article with additional information which answers your question. Basically, with a 44 or 28 lane CPU, x8 lanes will go to the 5th PCIe slot. Since it shares lanes with the first PCIe slot, it will also drop down to x8.Qasar - Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - link
hmmm makes the threadripper platform look even better....acewtrading2009 - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
I feel that it is still good for the development platform
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mattkiss - Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - link
Why not review the X299 Taichi XE instead?:https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/X299%20Taichi%20XE...
Joe Shields - Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - link
When we received the Taichi for review, the XE version was not out at the time.mattkiss - Thursday, November 2, 2017 - link
Oh ok, I understand. Thx!tesladan - Saturday, November 4, 2017 - link
As far as I can tell from reading different X299 reviews only ASRock has M.2 slot that uses cpu PCIe lanes instead of chipset limited DMI3.0 lanes. So instead of Asus Tuf X299 Mark 2 , this Tacihi XE will be better choice.If there is any other X299 motherboards using cpu for PCIe lanes, let me know.
Dan