Hey, so I think I may be bottlenecking myself in my storage setup.
Preface: Storage setup is in my daily driver. No, there is no option to separate, due to price constraints for buying separate parts, nor do I want to turn on 2 computers when I want to access my data, nor do i want to leave 1 pc on 24/7.
I upgraded last christmas, and am finally making use out of the THOR v1 case I got a decade ago and making it the storage and gaming giant I always wanted. So upgraded everything, notably the following:
MB: Asrock b650e riptide wifi
CPU: Ryzen 7 7700x
M.2's: One WD Gen4x4 and two Gen3x4's
With that, I ALSO got a IBM M1115 LSI 9223-8i HBA and an Intel RES2SV240 expansion card to hook up the unreasonable amount of HDD/SSD's I've been hoarding (both from ArtOfServer of course, the patron saint of the sub).
So, for those who know how to count and know that PCIe lanes are a thing, unlike me who never had hit the cap before, that is more lanes than the Ryzen 7 can handle I THINK.
Ryzen 7 has 24 PCIe lanes to divy up.
16 go to graphics, 4 go to m.2 slot #1, and 4 divy up to other things.
I THINK I am using, with everything populated, AT LEAST 28, maybe more.
Is that correct? More importantly, does it matter? And if it does matter, will upgrading to a Ryzen 9 (if I can save up) correct it since it supports 28 lanes?
Thanks y'all