quadlatte

willdearborn
The biggest problem I see with VROC is that it requires Intel branded drives to make a bootable RAID array. You happen to have Intel 750s but most people want to use other brands. Also you CAN do RAID 0 on VROC without the dongle but need to purchase it for any other level of RAID such as 1,5, or 10.
 
To answer your question about the EVGA X299 FTW K, if you look at page 25 of the manual it states that the U.2 ports are only functional with a 44 lane CPU and that both are connected to CPU lanes. So I would think VROC would work on the U.2 ports if you have a 7900x or up:
 
M.2 and U.2 Slot Breakdown
PCI-E Lane Distribution (44 Lane SKX CPU’s)

U.2 1 – Gen3, x4 lanes from CPU (No Shared Lanes)

U.2 2 – Gen3, x4 lanes from CPU (No Shared Lanes)

M.2 Key-M (110mm) – x4 CPU lanes (No Shared Lanes)

M.2 Key-M (80mm) – x4 PCH lanes (No Shared Lanes) (*)

M.2 Key-E (32mm) – x1 PCH lane (No Shared Lanes)

PCI-E Lane Distribution (28 Lane SKX CPU’s)

U.2 1 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.

U.2 2 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.

M.2 Key-M (110mm) – x4 CPU lanes (No Shared Lanes)

M.2 Key-M (80mm) – x4 PCH lanes (No Shared Lanes) (*)

M.2 Key-E (32mm) – x1 PCH lane (No Shared Lanes)

PCI-E Lane Distribution (16 Lane KBX CPU’s)

U.2 1 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.

U.2 2 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.

M.2 Key-M (110mm) – x4 CPU lanes (Gen3, x4 shared with PE5)

M.2 Key-M (80mm) – x4 PCH lanes (*)

M.2 Key-E (32mm) – x1 PCH lane
• All M.2 Key-M slots on this board support PCI-E, NVMe, and SATA M.2
standards.
o (*) If a SATA
 
 
Unfortunately for M.2 users it looks like one slot is CPU and the other is PCH. I was told that on the X299 Dark (not sure about the FTW K) if you populate the bottom PCIe 16x slot that it would shift the CPU M.2 slot to PCH lanes, so it might be possible to use both M.2 slots in (DMI 3.0 capped) PCH RAID 0. I have asked that very question in that thread but no answer yet.
 
So it looks like you might be okay to use VROC with your Intel U.2 drives, but I think someone from EVGA would have to comment to be sure at this point.

since m.2 is more popular than u.2 i dont know why one m.2 is on the pch, kinda gimps the system a bit. a better way would have been one m.2 and u.2 share so you can either two m.2 or two u.2 off the cpu lanes, i mean really how many will use 2 u.2 and 2 m.2 at the same time

redleader00

arestavo

quadlatte

willdearborn
The biggest problem I see with VROC is that it requires Intel branded drives to make a bootable RAID array. You happen to have Intel 750s but most people want to use other brands. Also you CAN do RAID 0 on VROC without the dongle but need to purchase it for any other level of RAID such as 1,5, or 10.
 
To answer your question about the EVGA X299 FTW K, if you look at page 25 of the manual it states that the U.2 ports are only functional with a 44 lane CPU and that both are connected to CPU lanes. So I would think VROC would work on the U.2 ports if you have a 7900x or up:
 
M.2 and U.2 Slot Breakdown
PCI-E Lane Distribution (44 Lane SKX CPU’s)

U.2 1 – Gen3, x4 lanes from CPU (No Shared Lanes)

U.2 2 – Gen3, x4 lanes from CPU (No Shared Lanes)

M.2 Key-M (110mm) – x4 CPU lanes (No Shared Lanes)

M.2 Key-M (80mm) – x4 PCH lanes (No Shared Lanes) (*)

M.2 Key-E (32mm) – x1 PCH lane (No Shared Lanes)

PCI-E Lane Distribution (28 Lane SKX CPU’s)

U.2 1 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.

U.2 2 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.

M.2 Key-M (110mm) – x4 CPU lanes (No Shared Lanes)

M.2 Key-M (80mm) – x4 PCH lanes (No Shared Lanes) (*)

M.2 Key-E (32mm) – x1 PCH lane (No Shared Lanes)

PCI-E Lane Distribution (16 Lane KBX CPU’s)

U.2 1 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.

U.2 2 – Not functional with a 28/16 lane processor.

M.2 Key-M (110mm) – x4 CPU lanes (Gen3, x4 shared with PE5)

M.2 Key-M (80mm) – x4 PCH lanes (*)

M.2 Key-E (32mm) – x1 PCH lane
• All M.2 Key-M slots on this board support PCI-E, NVMe, and SATA M.2
standards.
o (*) If a SATA
 
 
Unfortunately for M.2 users it looks like one slot is CPU and the other is PCH. I was told that on the X299 Dark (not sure about the FTW K) if you populate the bottom PCIe 16x slot that it would shift the CPU M.2 slot to PCH lanes, so it might be possible to use both M.2 slots in (DMI 3.0 capped) PCH RAID 0. I have asked that very question in that thread but no answer yet.
 
So it looks like you might be okay to use VROC with your Intel U.2 drives, but I think someone from EVGA would have to comment to be sure at this point.

since m.2 is more popular than u.2 i dont know why one m.2 is on the pch, kinda gimps the system a bit. a better way would have been one m.2 and u.2 share so you can either two m.2 or two u.2 off the cpu lanes, i mean really how many will use 2 u.2 and 2 m.2 at the same time

For games, no - no it doesn't gimp a thing. For productivity work it depends on the work.
 
Don't believe me about the games? Take a look:
https://hardforum.com/thr...e-comparisons.1911914/

Very true. You won't notice almost any difference between different SSDs for gaming. This video shows it in practice, so people can get it into their heads once and for all.