Best PCIe slot for my 750 ssd AIC

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New build, first time using this drive, ASUS X99 Deluxe 2 MB and WIN 10 OS ..... would like to know which PCIe x16 slot, (1-5), is best for this drive? I haven't run the computer yet, still building out the hard tubing, water cooling, plumbing

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Hi Jim1989,

Thanks for posting in our forums. We understand you would like to know the best setup for your Intel® SSD 750 Series Add-in card.We suggest you can take a look at the following http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/solid-state-drives/consumer-ssds/000005797.html link, which contains information for you to setup the disc as bootable or storage drive.In the same link, you will be able to find the http://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/ssdc/hpssd/sb/nvme_boot_guide_332098001us.p... boot guide, on page 26 it will show you the setup for your specific motherboard (Including BIOS settings).For you to know which PCI-e slot to use, the drive requires the PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 or above to work with the best performance.Now, in case you need to install Windows* 7 or 8, you need to download https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26451/Intel-SSD-Data-Center-Family-for-NVMe-Drivers this driver, because these two operating system does not provide NVMe* native drivers support.The driver will work as well for you to have the best performance from the SSD, once it is already running the OS.Please let us know if you need any further assistance.Regards,NC

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Thank you NC.

So since Asus doesn't actually call out "NVMe" when they describe the individual PCIe slots in the X99 Deluxe 2 MB users guide, from your answer it looks like I can use a slot that Asus describes as "PCIe 3.0/2.0 x 16." Then insure the bios is up to date and uEFI settings are enabled with NVMe support. Lanes 1, 4,5,and 6 are similarly described. So any of those lanes will work?

Ok so I apologize if I'm asking fairly obvious questions but it's a new tech for me and I'm trying to wrap my head around it. Any information from your experiences is most appreciated.

Someone from your officers, (intel), should have a word with MB manufacturers about being more descriptive to take some of the mystery out of NVMe. It's the new thing, peeps are gunna love it.

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Also, nothing in the "boot guide" mentions Windows 10. It's all about Win 7, 8 and 8.1. Time to update that boot guide folks.

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Hi Jim1989,

You can use any of the PCIe slots as long as they are Gen 3 X4 - That is the recommendation.

About the boot guide, thanks a lot for the feedback, it does work exactly the same for Windows® 10, but we will let the people in charge aware of it.

Please take advantage of the recommendation from the other user Greeno, as he has successfully setup this board with our SSD.

Any other question, please let us know.

Regards,

NC