Hi,
I'm building a Media Server and I'm finding the best CPU solution for the job. I'm interested in the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, but it has 20 bus lanes. I need 2 PCIe slots x8 for the HBA controllers (2 because I have 12xHDD and 3 miniSAS ports, maybe 2 LSI 9211-8i) and 1 PCIe slot for a dedicated GPU (I thought to a GTX 1080) for HW acceleration transcoding. Now, can I set the 2 LSI working on 4 lanes instead of 8 and the GTX on 8 lanes instead of 16?
I'm building a Media Server and I'm finding the best CPU solution for the job. I'm interested in the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, but it has 20 bus lanes. I need 2 PCIe slots x8 for the HBA controllers (2 because I have 12xHDD and 3 miniSAS ports, maybe 2 LSI 9211-8i) and 1 PCIe slot for a dedicated GPU (I thought to a GTX 1080) for HW acceleration transcoding. Now, can I set the 2 LSI working on 4 lanes instead of 8 and the GTX on 8 lanes instead of 16?