I have read about the 3950X possibly only having 20 lanes to use for internal devices. This seems like a big restriction to me, and may end up me not getting this cpu as a result. I use a 1030GT video card, an Optane PCI-E SSD, a NVME SSD, and 3 PCI-E x1 cards (total slots of 5 used on motherboard with everything). I also have like 4 SATA devices in my computer, but not sure that draws on the lane count.
How many lanes do you think I'll need with what I have? Currently with my Intel board running a 7800X, I can't use all the slots on the board due to the CPU lane count on it. My board disabled some of the devices because of this.
How many lanes do you think I'll need with what I have? Currently with my Intel board running a 7800X, I can't use all the slots on the board due to the CPU lane count on it. My board disabled some of the devices because of this.