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Precision 3450 SFF : anyone using the 3 M.2 2280 slots for SDDs ?
Hello,
I currently use 2 of the SDD slots, and plan on purchasing another SDD Gen 4 PCIe x4 NVMe, Class 40, to put in the remaining slot. Has anyone here done this? Encountered any issues ?
PS: I have the i7 11700 processor
PS: I noticed something odd: there is a incosistency between the SDD numbering on the motherboard, and the numbering in the BIOS:
- board SDD 1 = BIOS SDD 2
- board SDD 2 = BIOS SDD 0
- board SDD 3 = BIOS SDD 1
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Posted May 21st, 2023 06:00
Before taking the plunge and purchasing another Gen 4 drive, move one of your (data) drive to that slot to test for functionality.
Without dwelling deep into the technology, check your system if the following specs may applied, Xeon CPU can provide more PCIe lane (40) than a Core-i CPU (20), while the slots (PCIe, M.2) wired to CPU compatible with gen 4 (graphics, nvme) performance, devices connected to chipset are limited to gen 3. Theoretically, a gen 4 nvme drive can get x2 the transfer speed over a gen 3 nvme, so is more in cost. With that said, if the intended slot can't perform at gen 4 speed, why spending extra without gaining the performance.
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Posted May 27th, 2023 01:00
Yes, I did that and it works.
According the specs I know I'm all good.
I was hoping someone had already done it and had experience with it. You never know, performance issues etc.
@Chino de Oro wrote:
Before taking the plunge and purchasing another Gen 4 drive, move one of your (data) drive to that slot to test for functionality.
Without dwelling deep into the technology, check your system if the following specs may applied, Xeon CPU can provide more PCIe lane (40) than a Core-i CPU (20), while the slots (PCIe, M.2) wired to CPU compatible with gen 4 (graphics, nvme) performance, devices connected to chipset are limited to gen 3. Theoretically, a gen 4 nvme drive can get x2 the transfer speed over a gen 3 nvme, so is more in cost. With that said, if the intended slot can't perform at gen 4 speed, why spending extra without gaining the performance.
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Posted May 20th, 2023 08:00
According to this Dell spec sheet, that should be fine with your 11th Gen CPU. The specs are 3 x M.2 PCIe SSD with an 11th Gen CPU and 2 x PCIe M.2 SSD with a Gen 10 CPU. You notice the label on SSD 2 which specifies that limitation.
As for the BIOS question, SSD 0 would more than likely be the slot to use for the boot drive.
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