Intel RST Drivers & Software Set v16.8.0.1000 WHQL

Update of the start post
Changelog:

• new: 32bit Intel RST AHCI & RAID driver v16.8.0.1000 dated 12/03/2018
• new: 64bit Intel RST AHCI & RAID driver v16.8.0.1000 WHQL dated 12/03/2018
• new: Intel RST Drivers & Software Set v16.8.0.1000 WHQL dated 12/06/2018

@mrharris:
You should not believe, what the Intel Download Center writes regarding the "latest" RST/RST(e) drivers.
Responsable or the delivery of the best/latest drivers to the consumer is not the manufacturer of the related hardware device (here: Intel SATA AHCI Controller), but the manufacturer of the mainboard resp. of the system. Since several years Intel doesn't build anymore mainboards for consumers. That is why you may not find the latest Intel AHCI/RAID drivers at Intel's Download Center.
Nevertheless the Company Intel is still developing new Intel RST/RST(e) drivers and send them to the OEMs (= mainboard/system manufacturers).
If I were you, I would install the Intel RST driver v16.7.9.1027 WHQL. Reason: This driver belongs to the much longer and better developed v16.7 development branch and will have less bugs than the latest Intel RST driver v16.8.0.1000, which is just the first (test) Build of the brandnew RST v16.8 Series drivers.

@kurtextrem:
Where does the Intel "driver" show the wrong chipset? Can you post a screenshot?
Please keep in mind, that the Device Manager only shows, what the manufacturer of the related device (here: Intel) has written into the text file named *.INF, which is associated to the real driver (= *.SYS file). I have seen a lot of mistakes within the *.INF files, which had been written by Intel.
By the way: Such wrong entries within the *.INF file usually have no effect on the installation and functionality of the real driver (= *.SYS file).

@100PIER:
Did you install the complete Drivers & Software Set?
AFAIK the "Intel(R) RSTe Virtual Controller" is designed for the creation of "Virtual NVMe RAID arrays on CPU" (for details look >here<).

Update of the start post
Changelog:

• new: Intel RSTe Drivers & Software Set v5.5.0.2002 for Win8-10 dated 10/26/2018

1. The Drivers & Software Set contains the Intel RSTe SATA AHCI and SATA/sSATA RAID drivers v5.5.0.1334 WHQL dated 08/03/2018 (for Win8-10) and the Intel RSTe Software v5.5.0.2002 dated 10/26/2018. It is suitable for Intel C600/C600+/C220/C220+ Series Chipset systems like X79, X99 and X299 running in RSTe mode. All Windows Operating Systems from Win8 up to Win10 are supported.
2. There are no 32bit Intel RSTe drivers v5.5.0.1334 available. 32bit Operating Systems are obviously not supported by this Drivers & Software Set.
3. Thanks to Station-Drivers for the source package.

Zitat von 100PIER im Beitrag #1887

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However I do observe even after uninstalled the software set the sub-folder Intel Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise does remain into Program(x86) folder.
Is it normal ?

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Update of the start post
Changelog:

• new:
  • Intel RSTe Storage Drivers & Software Set v5.5.0.2012 WHQL for Win8-10 x64 dated 12/05/2018
• new as "pure" drivers (extracted from the above Set):
  • 64bit Intel RSTe SATA AHCI & RAID drivers v5.5.0.1334 WHQL for Win8-10 x64 dated 08/03/2018
  • 64bit Intel RSTe sSATA AHCI & RAID drivers v5.5.0.1334 WHQL for Win8-10 x64 dated 08/03/2018

1. The linked complete Storage Drivers & Software Set contains a lot of different Intel RSTe SATA/sSATA and NVMe drivers inclusive the related Software. That is the reason why it is so voluminous.
2. Only the 64bit variants of Win8 and Win10 are supported by the included drivers.
3. Interesting finds:
   • a) The presence of the SCSI Filter drivers named iaStorF.sys, iaRNVMeF.sys and iaVROCF.sys within the extracted package indicates, that Intel planned to include the Win7 support, but finally stopped it and forgot to remove the needless files.
   • b) Surprisingly the Intel RSTe SATA AHCI driver v5.5.0.1334 supports even modern Intel chipsets from 100-Series up, which are usually only supported by Intel's RST drivers. I was able to get the RSTe driver properly installed, but this is what the Device Manager shows within the "Storage Controllers" section:
     
4. Thanks to Station-Drivers for the source package.