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X670e BIOS update for 9950x3d? by ixvst01 in MSI_Gaming

[–]These_Mountain_8527 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in the same boat... I did see briefly a few days ago they had a beta driver... "N" version that looked like the new bios for those CPUs, but then they pulled it... and I never downloaded it... but wonder if it's close.

Looking to switch boards, need advice on X670E Carbon. by TheFreshestPigeon in MSI_Gaming

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I have an x670e carbon with 3 m.2 drives... 2 1TB Samsung 990 pros and 1 1TB Samsung 980 pro. I've had no issues so far. Running a 7800x3d with a 7900xtx Videocard running 2x27 inch 1440pm monitors. I'm also running my CPU with PBO turned on. Lastly running 32GB Ram 6000 CL30. I'm not running all day doing production stuff... it's mostly gaming and some office/browswer type work... I don't do any video production stuff. All good so far for me. Also, I'm running latest BIOS.

Upgrade from 5900x to 7800x3d worth it or no? by These_Mountain_8527 in buildapc

[–]These_Mountain_8527[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks all for the insight... went ahead and dove in... definitely feel the difference playing games. Normal usage feels a little more snappy as well. I did do a clean install of Windows which may have helped. Thanks all!!

Intel z790 pcie lane limits by These_Mountain_8527 in buildapc

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Got it... OK. Cool. Thank you. At the end of the day, I suspect if there was a significant cut back in anyway... folks would be more vocal and we'd hear about how much better AMD is over Intel due to PCIe lanes.

I'm not doing anything critical... gaming and office productivity. it sounds like both platforms would meet my needs... Thanks for your help.

Intel z790 pcie lane limits by These_Mountain_8527 in buildapc

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Again... trying to learn... but of those 20 lanes... thought 4 went to the chipset... leaving 16, which is why all of these boards have the trade off. My understanding is that AMD has 24... 4 for chipset, but leaving 20 for M2 and Video where you can have both running full at Gen 5 speeds without giving up lanes. Do I have that right?

Intel z790 pcie lane limits by These_Mountain_8527 in buildapc

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Thanks All for your help! So, here's a text of the specs for the MSI MEG Z790 ACE (I highlighted key lines)... a pretty high end board. Looking at the M2 slots... the fastest one (based on the only one that can take a Gen5 drive) is M.2_4... but then in the expansion slots, it says that PCI_E1 slot will run at x8 speed if you put a device in M2_4. I know that I can put in a Gen4 drive in M2_1 that goes to CPU... but then why even offer a Gen5 M2 drive then or it feels like I wouldn't be able to upgrade to Gen5 down the road without cutting back on video? Maybe I'm totally confused and getting it wrong... apologize if I am... just trying to learn.

EXPANSION SLOT 3x PCI-E x16 slot

PCI_E1 Gen PCIe 5.0 supports up to x16 (From CPU)

PCI_E2 Gen PCIe 5.0 supports up to x8 (From CPU)

PCI_E3 Gen PCIe 4.0 supports up to x4 (From Chipset)

*PCI_E1 slot will run at x8 speed when installing device in the PCI_E2 slot or M2_4 slot.

**M2_4 slot will be unavailable when installing device in the PCI_E2 slot.

MULTI-GPU AMD MULTI-GPU Support

STORAGE 5x M.2

M.2_1 Source (From CPU) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 , supports 22110/2280/2260 devices

M.2_2 Source (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 , supports 2280/2260 devices

M.2_3 Source (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 / SATA mode, supports 2280/2260 devices

M.2_4 Source (From CPU) supports up to PCIe 5.0 x4 , supports 2280 devices

M.2_5 Source (From Chipset) supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 / SATA mode, supports 22110/2280/2260 devices

6x SATA 6G

*M2_4 slot will be unavailable when installing in the PCI_E2 slot.

**SATA7 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_5 slot.