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Thread: RAIDR Express and SLI
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01-15-2014 07:15 AM #1
Nate152 PC Specs Motherboard ROG Maximus IX Code Processor i7-7700k 5.2GHz Delidded Memory (part number) 16GB G.Skill Trident Z 4025MHz 17-17-17-39-2T Graphics Card #1 Titan Xp - EKFC waterblock Graphics Card #2 Titan Xp Sound Card ROG SupremeFX 2015 Monitor HP ZR30w Storage #1 Toshiba OCZ VX500 256GB CPU Cooler Swiftech Apogee GTZ Case Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000 Power Supply EVGA Supernova 1600w Titanium Keyboard Cyberpower Skorpion K2 Mouse Razer Basilisk Headset Sennheiser HD6XX / Modmic 5 OS Windows 10 Home 64 bit Accessory #1 Asus optical drive Accessory #2 Koolance ERM-2K3U
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RAIDR Express and SLI
Hello ROGer's,
I started this thread because one of our ROG members is doing a build with the RAIDR Express and SLIing two GTX 780's. I saw a review on Newegg that someone said the RAIDR Express keeps your machine from recognizing SLI and was confirmed by Asus support. Comments?Last edited by Nate152; 01-16-2014 at 12:40 AM.
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01-16-2014 01:40 PM #2
Nodens PC Specs Laptop (Model) ASUS GL702VW-GC004T Motherboard Rampage V Extreme Edition 10 Processor Intel 3930K C2 Memory (part number) CMZ16GX3M4X2133C11 Graphics Card #1 ASUS STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 Monitor ASUS VG278H Storage #1 3x OCZ Vertex 3 240 (RAID5 - LSI 9361-8i) Storage #2 3x WD2003FYYS (RAID5 - LSI 9361-8i) CPU Cooler Corsair H100i + 4x Noctua NF-P12 Case Coolermaster HAF-X Power Supply Seasonic X-1250 Keyboard Razer Anansi Mouse Logitech G502 OS Windows 10 Pro x64 Network Router Linksys E4200v2 (running TomatoUSB/Toastman firmware)
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This as a blanket statement is certainly wrong. It may happen on a specific chipset due to bug or chipset limitation. Which particular board are you talking about?
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01-17-2014 11:16 PM #3
Nate152 PC Specs Motherboard ROG Maximus IX Code Processor i7-7700k 5.2GHz Delidded Memory (part number) 16GB G.Skill Trident Z 4025MHz 17-17-17-39-2T Graphics Card #1 Titan Xp - EKFC waterblock Graphics Card #2 Titan Xp Sound Card ROG SupremeFX 2015 Monitor HP ZR30w Storage #1 Toshiba OCZ VX500 256GB CPU Cooler Swiftech Apogee GTZ Case Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000 Power Supply EVGA Supernova 1600w Titanium Keyboard Cyberpower Skorpion K2 Mouse Razer Basilisk Headset Sennheiser HD6XX / Modmic 5 OS Windows 10 Home 64 bit Accessory #1 Asus optical drive Accessory #2 Koolance ERM-2K3U
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01-18-2014 03:46 AM #4
Nodens PC Specs Laptop (Model) ASUS GL702VW-GC004T Motherboard Rampage V Extreme Edition 10 Processor Intel 3930K C2 Memory (part number) CMZ16GX3M4X2133C11 Graphics Card #1 ASUS STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 Monitor ASUS VG278H Storage #1 3x OCZ Vertex 3 240 (RAID5 - LSI 9361-8i) Storage #2 3x WD2003FYYS (RAID5 - LSI 9361-8i) CPU Cooler Corsair H100i + 4x Noctua NF-P12 Case Coolermaster HAF-X Power Supply Seasonic X-1250 Keyboard Razer Anansi Mouse Logitech G502 OS Windows 10 Pro x64 Network Router Linksys E4200v2 (running TomatoUSB/Toastman firmware)
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Am I supposed to see something in that thread that answers my question? Because I can't see it. Like on this thread, there's only a mention of a random comment on Newegg... no mention of which board this was reported on, that I asked. RAIDR completely disabling SLI, that is certainly false. I already told you that. Issue with one particular chipset or board? Maybe. But until you tell me which board this was reported with I can tell you nothing more.
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01-18-2014 10:46 AM #5
Nate152 PC Specs Motherboard ROG Maximus IX Code Processor i7-7700k 5.2GHz Delidded Memory (part number) 16GB G.Skill Trident Z 4025MHz 17-17-17-39-2T Graphics Card #1 Titan Xp - EKFC waterblock Graphics Card #2 Titan Xp Sound Card ROG SupremeFX 2015 Monitor HP ZR30w Storage #1 Toshiba OCZ VX500 256GB CPU Cooler Swiftech Apogee GTZ Case Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000 Power Supply EVGA Supernova 1600w Titanium Keyboard Cyberpower Skorpion K2 Mouse Razer Basilisk Headset Sennheiser HD6XX / Modmic 5 OS Windows 10 Home 64 bit Accessory #1 Asus optical drive Accessory #2 Koolance ERM-2K3U
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Sorry about that Nodens,The person who wrote the review does not list any hardware.
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01-18-2014 02:22 PM #6
Nodens PC Specs Laptop (Model) ASUS GL702VW-GC004T Motherboard Rampage V Extreme Edition 10 Processor Intel 3930K C2 Memory (part number) CMZ16GX3M4X2133C11 Graphics Card #1 ASUS STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 Monitor ASUS VG278H Storage #1 3x OCZ Vertex 3 240 (RAID5 - LSI 9361-8i) Storage #2 3x WD2003FYYS (RAID5 - LSI 9361-8i) CPU Cooler Corsair H100i + 4x Noctua NF-P12 Case Coolermaster HAF-X Power Supply Seasonic X-1250 Keyboard Razer Anansi Mouse Logitech G502 OS Windows 10 Pro x64 Network Router Linksys E4200v2 (running TomatoUSB/Toastman firmware)
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Well then I can only attribute that review to user error or general nonsense. I believe we would have threads here about it if someone actualy had such an issue. Several people use the RAIDR with SLI, even on older boards like Rampage III..
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01-18-2014 06:59 PM #7
Nate152 PC Specs Motherboard ROG Maximus IX Code Processor i7-7700k 5.2GHz Delidded Memory (part number) 16GB G.Skill Trident Z 4025MHz 17-17-17-39-2T Graphics Card #1 Titan Xp - EKFC waterblock Graphics Card #2 Titan Xp Sound Card ROG SupremeFX 2015 Monitor HP ZR30w Storage #1 Toshiba OCZ VX500 256GB CPU Cooler Swiftech Apogee GTZ Case Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000 Power Supply EVGA Supernova 1600w Titanium Keyboard Cyberpower Skorpion K2 Mouse Razer Basilisk Headset Sennheiser HD6XX / Modmic 5 OS Windows 10 Home 64 bit Accessory #1 Asus optical drive Accessory #2 Koolance ERM-2K3U
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Thank you for clearing this up Nodens. What got me was he said it was confirmed by Asus support. I think now it was his particular motherboard that he did not list.
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01-20-2014 06:18 PM #8
Nodens PC Specs Laptop (Model) ASUS GL702VW-GC004T Motherboard Rampage V Extreme Edition 10 Processor Intel 3930K C2 Memory (part number) CMZ16GX3M4X2133C11 Graphics Card #1 ASUS STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 Monitor ASUS VG278H Storage #1 3x OCZ Vertex 3 240 (RAID5 - LSI 9361-8i) Storage #2 3x WD2003FYYS (RAID5 - LSI 9361-8i) CPU Cooler Corsair H100i + 4x Noctua NF-P12 Case Coolermaster HAF-X Power Supply Seasonic X-1250 Keyboard Razer Anansi Mouse Logitech G502 OS Windows 10 Pro x64 Network Router Linksys E4200v2 (running TomatoUSB/Toastman firmware)
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Unless you hear someone @ASUS confirming it here, I'd take everything with a grain of salt. I mean I can claim right now that I'm multi-billionaire, unfortunately that won't make me one
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01-20-2014 07:31 PM #9
Nate152 PC Specs Motherboard ROG Maximus IX Code Processor i7-7700k 5.2GHz Delidded Memory (part number) 16GB G.Skill Trident Z 4025MHz 17-17-17-39-2T Graphics Card #1 Titan Xp - EKFC waterblock Graphics Card #2 Titan Xp Sound Card ROG SupremeFX 2015 Monitor HP ZR30w Storage #1 Toshiba OCZ VX500 256GB CPU Cooler Swiftech Apogee GTZ Case Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000 Power Supply EVGA Supernova 1600w Titanium Keyboard Cyberpower Skorpion K2 Mouse Razer Basilisk Headset Sennheiser HD6XX / Modmic 5 OS Windows 10 Home 64 bit Accessory #1 Asus optical drive Accessory #2 Koolance ERM-2K3U
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LOL, I hear ya Nodens. I'm glad to see Asus has this ROG website, it really is helpful to everyone.
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02-14-2014 12:08 AM #10
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SLI/CrossFireX won’t work with RAIDR Express installed?
Please note the PCIe lane distribution in your PC.
Intel CPUs in Maximus motherboards have 1x PCIe x16 lane from the CPU only, with a few extra PCIe 2.0 lanes from the PCH (southbridge), but these are often used by SATA controllers or GigE, for example. Nvidia SLI requires at least a PCIe x8 lane for each card to activate, while AMD CrossFire-X needs at least PCIe x4 lane for each card to activate. For example, Maximus V and VI boards with three PCIe 16x lanes and Ivy Bridge or Haswell CPUs can potentially split the lanes into 8x, 4x, 4x, so if you run SLI and drop a RAIDR Express into the third 16x slot it will disable SLI.
RAIDR Express itself requires at least PCIe x2 to give sufficient bandwidth to the card, so PCIe 1x slots are insufficient.
The motherboard manual will explain how each PCIe slot is used, or, please ask on rog.asus.com/forums if you are still unsure.