Im looking for someone knowledgeable on a ASUS rog Maximus IX Formula. finishing

[thatbonokid]

Im needing help on how to set this board up properly, ive got the last part for my finished build.. and i dont know which is the proper port for NVME, would like to try optane memory, and the proper way to set up my PC for an NVME drive/everything else. I cannot find much on this board at all.

 

[Johan45]

From what I read both M.2 are PCIe3 but one will also accommodate SATA based M.2 drives. If your M.2 is PCIe based then I don't think it will matter which you use

 

[thatbonokid]

yeah, I have it standing up.. Im wondering if thats bootable, I wonder why the stand up m.2_2 port takes away port5-6 sata and the m.2_1 port under the armor on the board only takes away the sata 1 port.

I was reading about disabling CSM. I wish I could make this boot lol. Im so lost.

 

[Johan45]

So you can't see it in BIOS, can't install on to it or both?

 

[thatbonokid]

I fixed it.. this thing is cloned from my SSD and its phenomenal. I recommend it big time!

 

[EarthDog]

Thought optane only benefits from caching hdd...not sure it will do much on an nvme based drive.

 

[Soulcatcher668]

Thought optane only benefits from caching hdd...not sure it will do much on an nvme based drive.

Yup... On a regular SATA SSD, Optane is only noticeable in a synthetic benchmark. A PCIE NVME is faster so the return even less.

Results start at 6 mins in.



I really wish I could find some graphs instead of shilling LTT.....