Z490 Aorus Master with NVME

Tinkers2004 · 6 Jun 2020 at 16:24

Hi,
I am thinking of getting the z490 aorus master with 10900k but was wondering if anyone can tell me, when an NVME drive is being used does the PCIe slot get reduced to x8?

Tinkers2004 · 6 Jun 2020 at 22:09

So it has changed since the z170 with my 6700k, gpu operated at x16 and as soon as I put an NVME drive in max I could get was x8 for the graphics card. Do you have the same board and are you running an NVME drive

Tinkers2004 · 26 Jun 2020 at 07:14

I have purchased this board and can confirm now that the GPU runs at x16 3.0 with an NVME drive running at full speed. Bought the i7 10700K as well due to big shortages of the i9 and had a really good deal with it. Very happy with the upgrade from a 6700K.

Tinkers2004 · 30 Jun 2020 at 14:12

orbitalwalsh said:
only when 11th gen comes out main GPU will be split in half

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnKTFqNYrBo

see the booster and splitters there. loook at b550 master and how it uses the pcie lanes and roughly the same

I Have now purchased this board and can confirm that the GPU runs at full x16 3.0 with an NVMe running at full speed, see pictures in the following link

https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArKW6-FWeKDV6lQc_3g2cDr95Ret?e=IytPro

Tinkers2004 · 7 Jul 2020 at 22:52

The memory I have is shown in the link below I have two kits so running 4 sticks to give me 32gb of 4000Mhz haven’t had a play with tightening timings but running super stable no crashes to date. I am really happy with my upgrade also running 5.1 all cores at 35 degrees which rises to low 60’s under full load.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/patr...dual-channel-kit-pvs416g400c9k-my-102-pa.html