I have been putting together a high end gaming rig for about a month now. I had purchased nearly everything but now I may have to rework the plan. I had decided on the Asus Maximus Hero VII motherboard but honestly, I liked many of their boards and they have a lot of the features I was looking for. One inparticular is this M.2 SSD option that I believe almost every Asus board offered. I loved the idea of an ultra fast SSD to boot from and I found nothing that could compare to its speed. Here is the problem. I can't find it available anywhere? Most of the Asus information centered around a particular M.2 PCIE SSD they had used for testing; the Samsung XP941. I cannot find this SSD anywhere nor have I found a compatibility list of PCIE 2.8 2280 form factor SSDs that will work on the board.
What is so frustrating is that if Asus (and frankly other distributors as well) is going to push this technology as the next great thing, then how about partnering with manufacturers to make sure that the product is available? It was painful enough that the price was supposed to be something like $600 for a 500GB SSD but with no availability either...... I with I had not even seen the option now, lol. I guess for $600, I can probably but a large SATA SSD.
What is so frustrating is that if Asus (and frankly other distributors as well) is going to push this technology as the next great thing, then how about partnering with manufacturers to make sure that the product is available? It was painful enough that the price was supposed to be something like $600 for a 500GB SSD but with no availability either...... I with I had not even seen the option now, lol. I guess for $600, I can probably but a large SATA SSD.
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