Do I need SATA Express/M.2 to maximize speeds for Intel 730 SSD?

dyl47

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Just a silly question, I'm going with a ASRock z97 anniversary and noticed it does not have these features. Thank you!
 

yumri

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M.2 and SATA Express are not in the orginal specd for z97 so either you will have to get a card for them and/or another motherboard that supports them like the X99 or a modified z97 motherboard ... which i think a few z97 motherboard support M.2 just unsure if it is the combine SATA 3 port version or the PCIE version of M.2 is all.