Wols Lists wrote: > On 13/04/2024 14:23, Dale wrote: >> I see lots of mobos with those little hard drives on a stick. I think >> they called NVME or something, may have spelling wrong. For most >> people, that is likely awesome. For me, I think I'd be happy with a >> regular SSD. Given that, I'd like them to make a mobo where one can say >> cut off/disable that NVME thing and make use of that "lane" as a PCIe >> slot(s). Even if that means having a cable that hooks to the mobo and >> runs elsewhere to connect PCIe cards. In other words, have one slot >> that is expandable to say three or four slots with what I think is >> called a back-plane. That way if a user wants to use the NVME thing, >> they can. If they don't, they can disable it and go another route with >> PCIe expansion. Sort of reminds me of that SAS drive thing. You have >> one cable that branches out into several SATA drives or SAS drives >> themselves. I don't know a lot about SAS really. May have to read up >> on that with that new case that holds 18 drives tho. O_o > > Read up on your mobo. > > Certainly on mine, that thing where you can use NVME *OR* OCIe *OR* > Sata is a thing on mine. > > There's a nice table in the mobo manual that tells you which combos > are supported. > > Cheers, > Wol > >
That's good to know. I've looked at a few mobos but didn't see that in the list of features. I guess I need to dig deeper. Still, I need slots, either on the mobo or as a option to place elsewhere. My current mobo has all the PCIe slots in use. To add another drive controller to my current rig for example, I'd have to buy a new card that has more ports. Thanks for that info. Dale :-) :-)
