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AnsweredZ390 Dark PCI-e lane distribution question

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2019/08/07 08:26:28 (permalink)
Just want to make sure I understand what I'm reading and hoping someone will clarify something for me.
These are the relevant tables from the EVGA Z390 Dark manual:
 
PCIe Lane Distribution (All Socket 1151 processors are 16 lanes.)
 PE1 – x16 (Gen3, x16 lanes from CPU, x8 shared with PE2)
 PE2 – x8 (Gen3, x8 lanes from CPU, x4 shared with PE4)
 PE3 – x4 (Gen3, x4 lanes from PCH)
 PE4 – x4 (Gen3, x4 lanes from CPU, shares 4 of PE2’s 8 lanes) 
 
M.2 Lane Distribution
 M.2 Key-M (110mm, Top, PM1) – x4 from Z390 PCH o M.2 Enable/Disable is set within the BIOS o This M.2 Key-M slot shares lanes with the U.2 port. Installing an M.2 device will disable U.2 port PU1.
 M.2 Key-M (110mm, Bottom, PM2) – x4 from Z390 PCH o M.2 Enable/Disable is set within the BIOS o This M.2 Key-M slot shares lanes with PE3. Installing an M.2 device will disable PCIe slot PE3.
 M.2 Key-E (32mm) – x1 from Z390 PCH o M.2 Enable/Disable is set within the BIOS 
 

If I put my GPU in PE1, populate both M.2 Key-M slots and then install something else in PE4 The result I am expecting is this
PE1 runs at x8 because PE 4 shares with PE2 which shares with PE1. 
PE3 is disabled because it shares with M.2 slot 2.

Am I reading this correctly?

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Re: Z390 Dark PCI-e lane distribution question 2019/08/07 08:43:49 (permalink) ☼ Best Answerby TChittenden II 2019/08/07 10:15:55
See Posts https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2969397 & https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2970403
Under Thread EVGA Z390 DARK .. can i have the 2080 Ti K|NGP|N + EVGA NU Audio + 2 M.2 at full speed?
PE1 uses the 16 Lanes from the CPU.
PM1/PM2 (M.2) use the Lanes from the Intel ® Z390 PCH and Not the CPU.
If you put any Device in PE4 then PE1 & PE4 will both run at x8. 
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Re: Z390 Dark PCI-e lane distribution question 2019/08/07 10:16:13 (permalink)
Thanks bcavnaugh!

==My System==
Case: Corsair CC800DW 
CPU: Intel Core I7-3930k @ 3.8GHz
Motherboard: EVGA X79 FTW
Graphics Card: 2 x EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 in SLI 
Memory: Corsair Dominator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1866 9-10-9-27 
Boot Drive: Samsung 850 Pro 250GB SSD
Games Drive: 2 x 450GB SATAIII 10k RPM Velociraptor in RAID 0 
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Re: Z390 Dark PCI-e lane distribution question 2019/08/07 17:42:42 (permalink)


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