Z270 - Dual m.2 Drives Running x4 Each

[AngryGoldfish]

I've been doing some Googling on this and can't find a definitive answer. Since the majority of Z270 boards support two or more m.2 drives, does that mean the chipset (either by design from Intel or from the motherboard manufacturer) has allocated x4 lanes per m.2 or U.2 drive? Or would running two PCI-e m.2 drives at x4 speeds force the GPU to run at x8 speed since Z270 only supports a single x4 SSD?

 

[Bartacus]

I've been interested in the same info, and it seems very board-specific. With some of them, you lose SATA or SATA express ports when using a second M.2, or it reduces a certain PCIE slots speed. Too confusing for me, so I'm waiting for Z299.

 

[Dawelio]

I've been interested in the same info, and it seems very board-specific. With some of them, you lose SATA or SATA express ports when using a second M.2, or it reduces a certain PCIE slots speed. Too confusing for me, so I'm waiting for Z299.

Z299? :huh:...

 

[Bartacus]

Z299? :huh:...

Whatever Intel is calling the successor of X99. I forget the name (obviously), so I just barfed up a number that sounded reasonably close.

EDIT: I meant X299, not Z.

 

[Dawelio]

Whatever Intel is calling the successor of X99. I forget the name (obviously), so I just barfed up a number that sounded reasonably close.

EDIT: I meant X299, not Z.

Ahh okay, cause I thought you meant like Kaby lake Z270 but like a new revision or something :lol:

 

[Bartacus]

Ahh okay, cause I thought you meant like Kaby lake Z270 but like a new revision or something :lol:

Nope, but there WILL be a Kaby Lake X CPU (according to some old articles dated Nov. 2016), just to confuse us even more when we talk about this crap.

 

[Dawelio]

Nope, but there WILL be a Kaby Lake X CPU (according to some old articles dated Nov. 2016), just to confuse us even more when we talk about this crap.

If it's not even too confusing already? :huh:...

Anyway, back on topic.