Built myself a new workstation which I'm really happy with, performs much better than my laptop
Originally I was expecting a little more from the SM951 SSD, given that this should do over 1GB/s I'd like to see if I can squeeze any more performance out of it. Got a feeling like I'm pushing my luck too far given my hardware choices.
Current performance
I'm using a Gigabyte GZ-Z97X-UD3H board (http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4979) which from what I understand the M.2 slot on this board is limited to 2x link width which explains the result I'm getting.
Questions
1) If I bought a M.2 PCIe adapter such as this LyCOM DT-120 http://www.amazon.co.uk/LyCOM-DT-12...id=1447337650&sr=8-1&keywords=m2+pcie+adapter would I get better performance?
2) Would I be able to boot from this? (even if this is a yes, I'm skeptical about being able to boot my Hackintosh on this)
3) Would there be any issues with the number of PCIe lanes given the hardware I have installed:
- nVidia GTX 980 at x16
- PCIe Wireless/Bluetooth adapter at x1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00MBP25UK)
- Myricom 10GbE adapter at 8x (10G-PCIE2-8B2-2S)
Originally I was expecting a little more from the SM951 SSD, given that this should do over 1GB/s I'd like to see if I can squeeze any more performance out of it. Got a feeling like I'm pushing my luck too far given my hardware choices.
Current performance
I'm using a Gigabyte GZ-Z97X-UD3H board (http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4979) which from what I understand the M.2 slot on this board is limited to 2x link width which explains the result I'm getting.
Questions
1) If I bought a M.2 PCIe adapter such as this LyCOM DT-120 http://www.amazon.co.uk/LyCOM-DT-12...id=1447337650&sr=8-1&keywords=m2+pcie+adapter would I get better performance?
2) Would I be able to boot from this? (even if this is a yes, I'm skeptical about being able to boot my Hackintosh on this)
3) Would there be any issues with the number of PCIe lanes given the hardware I have installed:
- nVidia GTX 980 at x16
- PCIe Wireless/Bluetooth adapter at x1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00MBP25UK)
- Myricom 10GbE adapter at 8x (10G-PCIE2-8B2-2S)