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[Maundie]

Yeah I agree with the Evo being cheaper but with the M.2 I have less cables.

Wondered about the 'free' AIO cooler but I'll see how it performs before deciding if to upgrade or not

 

[stulid]

The AIO will keep you comfortable at a mild overclock.

 

[passey89]

don't the M.2 SSD's use up PCI-X lanes as well?

Just a thought if u consider going sli in the future

 

[Maundie]

Bugger, the MB is end of life, any advice from anyone?

 

[stulid]

Which one?

The two bundles I linked to are instock.

 

[Maundie]

The UD3H-BK one, I've had my order sat in since last week and when I raised the question in CS they said it was out of stock and they expected delievery by end of last week.

Just been chatting to one of the guys online (Richard I think) and he confirmed the MB was EOL.

 

[Maundie]

Was thinking of going:-

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-005-GI

But it doesn't support M.2 so will have to drop the SSD

 

[stulid]

It has m.2.

 

[Maundie]

Yeah but I can't find if it will take the Gen3 that I was about to order

 

[stulid]

That Samsung needs 4x PCIE lanes? the manual for the board might tell you at the beginning if you download it.

 

[Maundie]

It says M.2 with up to 10Gbps transfer which I believe is Gen2 as Gen3 can do up to 32Mbps transfers

 

[stulid]

Im not sure about the Gen2 or 3 bit, bit I am sure it doesn't have the right number of PCIe lanes going to it for that particular SSD so its bandwidth will be halved or maybe worse.

 

[Maundie]

Right order changed, gone for the G7 MB bundle and dropped the SSD due to it not being Gen 3 (No point paying £150 for it if I'm not getting the benefit) and had to change the RAM as that was out of stock.

Apparently being delivered Wednesday so look forward to something to play with