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Can you run 2x 2tb Samsung 960 Pro Raid 0?

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Thinking of doing this . Can it be done?
 
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Yes.
 
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Yes you can but you will experience limitations if they are downstream of the PCH controller, software raid or not. See the 960 pro owners thread for two examples one using the BIOs and onboard IRST controller and another using software. They both show minimal gain due to PCH controller limitations on Z170 chipsets imposed by the restrictions of the DMI link.
 
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Yes you can but you will experience limitations if they are downstream of the PCH controller, software raid or not. See the 960 pro owners thread for two examples one using the BIOs and onboard IRST controller and another using software. They both show minimal gain due to PCH controller limitations on Z170 chipsets imposed by the restrictions of the DMI link.
Sure, on the z170 they do. What about the x99 that he is running?

I have a similar setup to yours OP. SLI Titan XPs on a 5960X/RVE. I run two Intel 750s in Raid 0, software. OS is on a 4x Intel 730 SSD setup but recently added a 1TB Intel 6000pro m.2 that the OS and programs will move to.

So yeah, it will work and you will see the scaling on crystal disk mark benchmark. Enjoy.
 
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Sure, on the z170 they do. What about the x99 that he is running?

I have a similar setup to yours OP. SLI Titan XPs on a 5960X/RVE. I run two Intel 750s in Raid 0, software. OS is on a 4x Intel 730 SSD setup but recently added a 1TB Intel 6000pro m.2 that the OS and programs will move to.

So yeah, it will work and you will see the scaling on crystal disk mark benchmark. Enjoy.
Should be no problem on an X99 with software raid so long as both drives install in the PCIE slots with a direct lanes to the CPU and not in the M2 slot on the board that is linked to the PCH controller and raided up with software raid. Just avoid connecting downstream of the PCH where you will get bottlenecked and you should be fine. Im hoping that the X299 and Z270 will have a different configuration where these can be used to their full potential and booted from as well.
 
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Should be no problem on an X99 with software raid so long as both drives install in the PCIE slots with a direct lanes to the CPU and not in the M2 slot on the board that is linked to the PCH controller and raided up with software raid. Just avoid connecting downstream of the PCH where you will get bottlenecked and you should be fine. Im hoping that the X299 and Z270 will have a different configuration where these can be used to their full potential and booted from as well.
I am very curious for the X299 or whatever it will be called. I think the X270 will be different as the Skylake-X will have up to 44 PCIe lanes. With the focus shift to PCIe storage I imagine that raid through the bios for a bootable set should be doable.

I am looking forward to Skylake-X. I might skip the rampage motherboard and go with a workstation oriented board, maybe not.
 
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From what I understand the Skylake X is going to replace he 6950x and the Kaby lake variant will be limited to 4 cores. I may or may not try a kaby lake 7700K but not sure yet unless they pop out samples that can hit 5.5 GHz I don't think I'll gain much over a 6700K that gets to 5 GHz. Certainly not changing boards over it. Next build will be the Skylake X and x299. I'm good with 40 lanes. A few more won't hurt. I'm not changing GPUs anytime soon with two new Strix 1080s that are plenty fast enough and they don't use anything over 8 lanes each now. I'll be happy if they can just get the M2 sockets off the PCH or do something with that DMI bottle neck.
 
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