Gigabyte X570 GAMING X - Chapter 3: Appendix; RAID Configuration Guide

Chapter 3 Appendix
Before you begin, please prepare the following items:
• AtleasttwoSATAharddrivesorSSDs.
(Note)
(To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use
two hard drives with identical model and capacity).
• Windows setup disk.
• Motherboard driver disk.
• A USB thumb drive.
ConguringtheOnboardSATAController
A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer
Installtheharddrives/SSDsintheSATA/M.2connectorsonthemotherboard.Thenconnectthepowerconnectors
from your power supply to the hard drives.
B.ConguringSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup
MakesuretoconguretheSATAcontrollermodecorrectlyinsystemBIOSSetup.
Steps:
Turnonyourcomputerandpress<Delete>toenterBIOSSetupduringthePOST(Power-OnSelf-Test).Under
Chipset, set SATA Mode to RAID. Then save the settings and restart your computer. (If you want to use NVMe
PCIeSSDstocongureRAID,makesuretosetNVMe RAID mode to Enabled.)
3-1 ConguringaRAIDSet
RAID Levels
The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard.
The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and
the BIOS version.
RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10
Minimum Number of
HardDrives
≥2 2 4
Array Capacity Number of hard drives *
Sizeofthesmallestdrive
Sizeofthesmallestdrive (Number of hard drives/2) *
Sizeofthesmallestdrive
Fault Tolerance No Yes Yes
(Note) AnM.2PCIeSSDcannotbeusedtosetupaRAIDseteitherwithanM.2SATASSDoraSATAhard
drive.
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