I hope you guys don't mind and I jump in on this ... So I would like to verify what you are saying in case I am not reading between the lines...If I install my 950 Pro M.2 into the second slot it will not affect the Sata Ports nor my SLI (x8 + x8)performance? Currently I have my 950 Pro in the first slot and boot time is rather not impressive.
Yes that is true on the lower slot. Plus how do you have it setup in the bios. If you just drop in the OS without settings things it will have bad boot times. If you are just running windows 7. Put in the disk or plug in the USB drive. The go in change it to boot to the UEFI DVD or USB.
If you are running 8 or 10 do the same thing. Plus change it from the other OS to 8 & 10. How 7 will boot fast but not as has fast as 8 or 10. 7 isn't really setup to run the UEFI bios where 8 & 10 are.
Thank you for that.
I do have my bios set for UEFI across the board and set to Windows 8. I did move my M.2 to the second slot. The
system bios boot time response is a little better. However, before I could see the difference I had to remove the graphics cards though, and plug into the integrated graphics, and run DDU for Nvidia drivers, once I managed to get my display to work (caused some unknown driver issue) I was up and running.
On that note, if anyone cares, Nvidia recommends connecting to the lowest card (2nd, 3rd or 4th using multiple GPU's(heat and performance)).
I have Ultra Fast boot with Partial initialize and XMP setup already. Using the integrated audio with PAX Drivers and gaming kb and mouse in the top USB ports. Are their any bios settings changes (disable) you'd recommend to speed things up?