SAMOEDADDY
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So my new MB has dual NVMe PCIe x4 M.2 Slots
I bought 2 970 EVO's (500 GB each) to put in them, however, I am wondering what you think?
Was considering doing a RAID 0 config?
With these being by the GPU's will there be a heat issue?
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Re: Dual NVMe M2 Question?
2018/10/29 01:20:35
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I don't think RAID is worth it. If it was me, i would of went with 970 EVO M.2 1TB over 2x EVO 970 500GB.
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Re: Dual NVMe M2 Question?
2018/10/29 09:19:07
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Seconded. Unless you’re doing some insane throughput, it’s a waste. Not only that, you’re doubling your chance for failure.
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Re: Dual NVMe M2 Question?
2018/10/29 17:42:44
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Also RAID is not supported with M.2 on any motherboard bios i am aware of, mabey through Windows DIsk manager, but i think you would see ZERO real world difference in RAID 0 unless you are rendering videos/Models and other HEDT work loads.
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Re: Dual NVMe M2 Question?
2018/10/29 18:00:28
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M.2 RAID is definitely a thing, Zach. :)
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Re: Dual NVMe M2 Question?
2018/10/30 18:04:47
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TheMadDutchDude
M.2 RAID is definitely a thing, Zach. :)
I know its a thing, just Havnt seen a motherboard like a X299 or X399 offer it as a BIOS option. No other chipsets are relevant unless you have over 24 PCIe lanes honestly.
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Re: Dual NVMe M2 Question?
2018/11/13 18:49:41
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If one isn't fast enough for you, then I'd say to go raid O, but stick in a HDD for back up. My pre-purchase opinion would have been to build a partition of 2 TB to boot off of, since that is the max size Win10 recognizes for a boot drive, be it one 2TB NVMe or two 1TB NVMe's in raid 0 (or two 2TB NVMe's in raid 1). Assuming your board can do raid, you can also put in a NVMe card and add four more NVMe's to do a bigger faster more redundant array.
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Re: Dual NVMe M2 Question?
2018/11/13 21:43:36
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You guys are crazy. I think RAID is awesome and amazing. I've been raiding for 15+ years now. He doesn't have to be a professional to utilize it, granted it's for high work load intentions but who cares. If you want it, I say go big or go home.
I wish I could add more to this for you OP but I'm not personally experienced with M.2 Raid0 which I would love to do some day when funds permit. I would try google searching your motherboard and MM.2 RAID0 and see what you come up with as well youtube.
Good luck and keep us posted.
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Re: Dual NVMe M2 Question?
2018/11/14 01:18:14
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GTXJackBauer
You guys are crazy. I think RAID is awesome and amazing. I've been raiding for 15+ years now. He doesn't have to be a professional to utilize it, granted it's for high work load intentions but who cares. If you want it, I say go big or go home.
I wish I could add more to this for you OP but I'm not personally experienced with M.2 Raid0 which I would love to do some day when funds permit. I would try google searching your motherboard and MM.2 RAID0 and see what you come up with as well youtube.
Good luck and keep us posted.
Unless you read/write large amounts of data, RAID with 2x NVMe drives would be a waste of a NVMe drive. This video below shows benchmarks.
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Re: Dual NVMe M2 Question?
2018/11/29 07:34:29
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The other problem with M.2 raid is number of M.2 slots available on MB's, currently only 2 on X299, one for OS and other for data. I hope this will get expanded in future MB's.
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Re: Dual NVMe M2 Question?
2018/11/29 09:18:57
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We need CPU's to support more PCIe lanes. That would allow mobo mfg to add more m.2 slots. GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Master has 3 m.2 slots. I don't know if all of them run at the same speed.
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Re: Dual NVMe M2 Question?
2018/11/29 09:25:57
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We need CPU's to support more PCIe lanes. That would allow mobo mfg to add more m.2 slots. GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Master has 3 m.2 slots. I don't know if all of them run at the same speed.
I have a Threadripper CPU which has 64 PCI-e lanes. So I am never afraid to run out of resources. However you're right that Intel should beef up the PCI-E lane availability on their CPUs.
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