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This may be of interest for those watching this thread. Specifically the tip about how to use the MSI X299 Pro and a hardware hack to get an x16/x8/x16/x4/x4 PCI-e slot configuration. The same thing works for an ASRock Creator or Taichi CLX (bifurcation settings are in a menu called "IIO Configuration").
X299 motherboard choices
I've built a few X299 systems, now, and I thought I'd share some observations about the motherboards that are available. To my mind, the best way to break down X299 motherboards is by the way that they handle routing of PCI-e lanes. Having 44 (or with Cascade Lake-X, 48) CPU lanes is the big...
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