@Fernando,
Sabertooth X99 manual says "Due to Intel chipset specification, the SATA ports from Controller 2 does not support Intel Rapid Storage Technology including RAID configuration".
ASUS site offers only (obsolete) SATA driver v 14.5.0.1081 WHQL.

@Fernando,
It is very strange that this Intel X99 chipset needs 3 different drivers to handle the same AHCI functionality: MS AHCI v10.0.10240.16384, Intel iRST v14.6.1.1030 and Intel iRSTe v4.3.0.1198.


Is the remaining 'Controleur AHCI SATA standard' mandatory ? Is it needed (in my case) for the SM951 AHCI SSD device only ?

@Fernando,
I have updated the 2 Intel SATA controllers of the Intel X99 Chipset with iRSTe version instead to have a mix of iRST for one and iRSTe for the other one.
I ignore if it the optimum solution to get stable performance.


To summarize we have many choices of SATA drivers: all are MS native or all are iRST or all are iRSTe or a mix of all variants..

Hi Fernando,

Thanks for the table, it IS very usefull! (The table you made to recommend drivers for chipsets, this early August)

I have one question though: is there somewhere on this forum (sorry, I have searched but not found) a table where I could see the recommended OROM for a chipset?
(I've Z87 and the MOBO came with 12.x, I used 13.6 for more than a year, and now I'm using 14.6, and I'm not sure it is the most stable thing, running RAID0 and RAID5)

I thought maybe you can add a column saying which version of OROM is recommended for or most stable with that chipset.

I appreciate your work here!

Hello
I think I found a typo for you. I found ".1085" when references above only refer to ".1058"

In the table under: "Intel 8- and 9-Series Chipsets (like Z87 or Z97) Intel RST(e) v13.1.0.1085 WHQL or ..."

cheers

Fernando i am using a p6t6 board (https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P6T6_WS_Revolution/) with x58 chipset, Based on your recommendation the 11.7.4.1001 is for me. I need to confirm that the >Universal 64bit Intel RSTe AHCI+RAID drivers v11.7.4.1001 mod+signed by Fernando< is the file i need to install.

I will be using a vertex 3 SSD and install win 10 in ahci mode, (no RAID) and need best performance.

Which of those 2 do you think would be better based on my hardware and intended use? BTW I have trouble finding the official intel driver, if this is one is best recommended.

Ok thank you. One last thing, what is the difference between the driver and the software set. Do i need the software set for any reason?