- Nov 5, 2015
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First time posting something. Not the debut I wanted. Anyways:
2 weeks ago I upgraded (read: replaced) my 6-7 old system. I was unsure whether to go for a z170 (skylake) or z97 (devil's canyon) setup, but choose the z97 because it didn't look like there was a huge difference performance wise, and it meant that I would be able to afford the new Samsung 950 pro with 500 gb. Both chipsets come with identical m.2 slot's for these new ssd's, right?
Dead wrong apparently.
I bought an MSI gaming 5 motherboard (z97) which has a single m.2 slot. It seems to be an older version (PCI-e 2.0 x2 I believe), which means that I would not be able to get much more than a third of the performance from the new ssd's. They require a PCI-e 3.0 x4 connection to unleash their full potential.
After being angry at myself for a few hours yesterday, I found out that you buy an adapter for a normal PCI-e slot:
http://www.amazon.com/Lycom-DT-120-PCIe-Adapter-Support/dp/B00MYCQP38
Would this fix my problem, and will it have any impact purely gaming wise, since it would use a PCI-e slot like my GPU.
I will probably be getting the 256 gb edition if it works.
TL
R Idiot didn't check precisely what an m.2 slot is, and is now at a risk of not getting sweet read/write speeds. Wat do?
Also, would I even be able to boot up in a scenario like that?
2 weeks ago I upgraded (read: replaced) my 6-7 old system. I was unsure whether to go for a z170 (skylake) or z97 (devil's canyon) setup, but choose the z97 because it didn't look like there was a huge difference performance wise, and it meant that I would be able to afford the new Samsung 950 pro with 500 gb. Both chipsets come with identical m.2 slot's for these new ssd's, right?
Dead wrong apparently.
I bought an MSI gaming 5 motherboard (z97) which has a single m.2 slot. It seems to be an older version (PCI-e 2.0 x2 I believe), which means that I would not be able to get much more than a third of the performance from the new ssd's. They require a PCI-e 3.0 x4 connection to unleash their full potential.
After being angry at myself for a few hours yesterday, I found out that you buy an adapter for a normal PCI-e slot:
http://www.amazon.com/Lycom-DT-120-PCIe-Adapter-Support/dp/B00MYCQP38
Would this fix my problem, and will it have any impact purely gaming wise, since it would use a PCI-e slot like my GPU.
I will probably be getting the 256 gb edition if it works.
TL
R Idiot didn't check precisely what an m.2 slot is, and is now at a risk of not getting sweet read/write speeds. Wat do?Also, would I even be able to boot up in a scenario like that?
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