What Is The Latest Intel RST Driver for Intel X99 Platforms?

Hi. So my manufacturer (MSI) haven't updated the SATA ACHI/RAID drivers since 2016 and it is labeled version 14.8.0.1042. To my knowledge I can't install the latest one from Intel (17.2.0.1009) because it is incompatible with the X99 platform (?), so what is the latest one for what I have? I couldn't find it out. I am going to extract the RTS driver so I don't get the user Interface, but I would like the last one that is supported. Any guideance is greatly appreciated.

14.8.18.1066 WHQL

If you want drivers only you can get them here: [DRIVERS] Intel Chipset/Ethernet/MEI/SATA (Z97/X99)

The IRST software UI will remain the same, just the driver will be updated.

I personally don't need the IRST soft bloatware(uninstalled it and just installed the driver only) and just use the driver(for my Z370 board.

14.8.18.1066 is not listed on Intel's site so I think those are for ASUS ROGs, not MSI. I can't take any chances on them. I did some searching and I found this Intel(R) X99 Chipset Product Specifications

Where it says RAID configuration, RST 14. I see on Intel's download page for RST that there are RST versions 14, recently been updated to 14.8.16.1063 in March 2019: Download Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology (Intel(R) RST) User Interface and Driver

Are the "14" drivers the one's I need? My installed version is also listed there, 14.8.0.1042. These Intel drivers are so hard to make sense on.

Faith said:

14.8.18.1066 is not listed on Intel's site so I think those are for ASUS ROGs, not MSI. I can't take any chances on them. I did some searching and I found this Intel(R) X99 Chipset Product Specifications

Where it says RAID configuration, RST 14. I see on Intel's download page for RST that there are RST versions 14, recently been updated to 14.8.16.1063 in March 2019: Download Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology (Intel(R) RST) User Interface and Driver

Are the "14" drivers the one's I need? My installed version is also listed there, 14.8.0.1042. These Intel drivers are so hard to make sense on.

Those drivers are actually from WinRAID
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You only need the driver, to install right click the AHCI.inf and select install

Intel RST(e) drivers v14.8.18.1066 WHQL dated 09/06/2017
Recommended for Intel X99 systems, usable with all Windows Operating Systems from Win7 (32/64bit) up.
Best matching Intel RAID ROM resp. EFI "RaidDriver" BIOS modules: v14.8.2.2397



Comments:
These currently latest Intel RST(e) drivers from the v14 platform are already well developed (contrary to the first v14 series drivers). They give modern Intel Chipset systems a good performance and stability.
Contrary to the "classical" Intel RST drivers the RST(e) drivers have an additional SCSI filter driver named iaStorF.sys.
"TRIM in RAID0" is supported (Precondition: An actual Intel RAID ROM or EFI RAID "SataDriver" from v11 up is present within the BIOS).