Hello guys.

02 issues :

1 ) I managed to insert the modules NVMe within the BIOS Z87 Extreme4 , but in another way .. I downloaded the latest BIOS Z97 Extreme6 which already has support for NVMe . Extracts the 3 modules and enter the BIOS Z87 Extreme4 , but had to delete the Satadriver as Fernando mentioned . I have not done updating the BIOS and not yet bought the 950 PRO .. I'm considering whether valhe worth it for here at home does not work with large files .. Only copies of Photoshop and Premiere.

2 ) Is it worth buying a 950 PRO compared with a 850 EVO ? The difference is more than 120 % of the value .. I do not know to what extent compensates for such high investment .

Note : Fernando ... I wanted a very Z97 Extreme6 , show that MB !!!

Hello Extraken, which of the two files you used? Why here we indicate two as I saw that you wrote in the forum (http://www.hwupgrade.it/forum/showthread...578662&page=118) and have them shown only the file MAXIMUS-VI-HERO-ASUS-1603-NVME-MODDED-FROM-VII-HERO-3003.zip.
I am very concerned because even I have a ASUS MAXUMUS VI HERO and thank you for the help

Zitat von natamauri im Beitrag #514

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Hello Extraken, which of the two files you used? Why here we indicate two as I saw that you wrote in the forum
(http://www.hwupgrade.it/forum/showthread...578662&page=118) and have them shown only the file MAXIMUS-VI-HERO-ASUS-1603-NVME-MODDED-FROM-VII-HERO-3003.zip.
I am very concerned because even I have a ASUS MAXUMUS VI HERO and thank you for the help

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Hey guys,

I just ordered a 950 PRO + the AddIn Card Silverstone ECM20 for my ASUS Sabertooth Z77.
Sadly i will only get PCIe 2.0 x4 speed .. but anyway

What should i integrate into my BIOS?
#1 NvmeExpressDxE module GUID 9A4713C2 (uncompressed, for normal insertion)

or
#2 should i take the e.g. Z97 Sabertooth BIOS NVMe module?

Will be there any difference (if both will work)?

And i got another question:

What steps do i have to do for maximum performance (Win10 x64)?

1. install Samsung NVMe Driver
2. install Magican Suite for FW Updates
3. activate RAPID BOOST?!
etc.



Thank you!!! :)

@pfinchen Hello mate, just a few questions to make sure all is in order with your setup:

1) In which slot is the card seated? I presume your GPU is in the 1st PCIe slot. The SSD with adapter should be seated in the second one. The 3rd slot has only PCIe v2.0 x4 support.
2) have you made sure in BIOS all settings regarding PCIe speeds are either on Auto or PCIe 3.0 for the slot where the SSD is seated?
3) The latest firmware does make a slight difference in speed and also you can check the slot speed with Samsung Magician so both can be installed.
4) Concerning Rapid boot, I had issues with it. Each time the PC was powered on after a clean shutdown, the system would just hang. After a hard reset from the button, it booted up OK. After I turned off Rapid boot, the problem was gone, my PC starts just fine. My mobo is Asus Maximus V Formula with Z77 chipset so not that much different from yours.

I'm not much into speedy boots, my biggest concern is the speed when it's actually required during high work loads.

offtopic: if you guys think your Samsung SSD gets hot, you can do like I did in the photos below.
I glued a radiator to the SSD with the help of some 3M thermal conductive pads from ebay. The one on the controller is 0.6mm thick and the other is 2mm thick to compensate for the height difference. I placed a thermal sensor on the radiator and a Noctua 12" PWM fan on the side of the case, right in front of the slot. Depending on how warm the SSD gets, the fan increases the speed to bring it down below 40 deg. Celsius. (And if you worry about the warranty, the thermal pads come off without a trace).

Thank you for your fast response guys!
I'll use PCIe Slot 3. Prefer full 3.0x16 for my 980TI :)

I think the 950Pro will perform well with 2.0x4 :)
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Ok, I will try the 9A4713C2 NVMe module!

compressed or uncompressed integration (Asus Z77)...what do you recommend? :)

Fernando,

Think you should refer to the Nvme-Express driver as the Clover team one. They deserve the credit.

@ pfinchen If you look here http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id...pcie-lanes.html you will see that x8 is plenty for GTX 980 without being a bottleneck.

Even a GTX 980TI will only have marginal FPS increases of 1-3% when running a 4K monitor at 16x, see http://techbuyersguru.com/taking-4k-gami...0-ti-sli?page=3

In my oppinion, you will feel a much greater performance gain running the SSD on 2nd PCIe v3.0 slot than giving all 16 lanes to the GPU. I would suggest you test out both setups with whatever games/software you use, and depending on those specific results you make your own decisions. But wherever I looked, one single GPU can not occupy the full x16 lanes at 32GB/s.

Good luck,
Tzuik

Done it ... hope the SSD and AddIn Card will arrive tomorrow :)

btw. do you guys think that i'm able to copy my currently UEFI Windows Boot Partition on my Intel-Raid0 Setup to the new NVMe drive? (Acronis True Image 2016; WinPE Boot Media for full NVMe driver support).
I think it will work because of the native NVMe driver (Win10) ?!?!

thaaaaank you & best forum ever :)