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Processor | Intel i5-6600 |
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Motherboard | ASRock H170M-ITX |
Cooling | Cooler Master Geminii S524 |
Memory | G.Skill DDR4-2133 16GB (8GB x 2) |
Video Card(s) | Gigabyte R9-380X 4GB |
Storage | Samsung 950 EVO 250GB (mSATA) |
Display(s) | LG 29UM69G-B 2560x1080 IPS |
Case | Lian Li PC-Q25 |
Audio Device(s) | Realtek ALC892 |
Power Supply | Seasonic SS-460FL2 |
Mouse | Logitech G700s |
Keyboard | Logitech G110 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
Intel had an "errata" with the chipset last minute, so the X79 gets to make do with six ports in total from the AHCI, as the additional ports would've been via the SCU which is now entirely disabled. Initially the X79 chipset was meant to have eight SATA/SAS ports which were cut back to four SATA ports and finally nothing...
The Gigabyte board still has the two additional Marvell ports, as if you look closely on the picture, you can see the Marvell chip next to the heatsink, you just can't see the two grey ports.
I know of the errata, but have only read that it affected the dedicated link, not the SCU entirely. That's why at last report, -X was going to be a desktop market version of -B, not -T as originally planned. However, the two boards we've seen make me question that (the 2port SATA/eSATA controllers)
So if you've seen some newer articles stating that the SCU was entirely disabled with -X, I'd appreciate a link (I'm searching myself too). If so, I can move on hoping for some boards with an 8-port LSI controller to make up for the loss. If not, I can start my ranting that manufacturers aren't making use of the 4 SAS 6Gb/s ports it has
Edit: Make that three boards, I just saw the MSI without the additional ports.
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