Hi, i have a asus hero vii motherboard, and will be building a pc from scratch, it has 6 intel sata ports, and 2 3rd party sata ports that i wont be useing, will be connecting at most, 1 x sdd ofr OS, 1 or 2 sata hard drives, and 1 x sata dvdrw drive, will not be useing raid or anything fancy, i was told i dont need any sata drivers for this, only intel chipset drivers and intel management engine interface(IMEI), is this correct ? as on my motherboard driver download page under the SATA there is 5 drivers listed below, but told i dont need them by someone, can someone confirm, thx
Intel Rapid Start Technology Software V4.0.0.1068 for Windows 7/8/8.1 32bit & 64bit.
Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Path for Windows Win7 32bit & Win7 64bit & Win8 32bit & Win8 64bit & Win8.1 32bit & Win8.1 64bit.
Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver software V13.1.0.1058 for Windows Win7 64bit & Win8 64bit & Win8.1 64bit---(WHQL).
Asmedia SATA Controller Driver V3.1.6.0 for Windows 7/8/8.1/10 32bit & 64bit.(WHQL)
Intel Smart Connect Technology Software V5.0.10.2850 for Windows 7/8/8.1 32bit & 64bit.
Intel Rapid Start Technology Software V4.0.0.1068 for Windows 7/8/8.1 32bit & 64bit.
Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Path for Windows Win7 32bit & Win7 64bit & Win8 32bit & Win8 64bit & Win8.1 32bit & Win8.1 64bit.
Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver software V13.1.0.1058 for Windows Win7 64bit & Win8 64bit & Win8.1 64bit---(WHQL).
Asmedia SATA Controller Driver V3.1.6.0 for Windows 7/8/8.1/10 32bit & 64bit.(WHQL)
Intel Smart Connect Technology Software V5.0.10.2850 for Windows 7/8/8.1 32bit & 64bit.