Kingston HyperX Predator PCIe X4 (M.2) SSD on GA-970A-UD3P Motherboard?

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I'm planning to buy a Kingston 240GB HyperX Predator PCIe X4 (M.2) SSD to use it on GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P Motherboard. Will it work without problem on my motherboard?

In addition, Is this SSD better than Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SATA 3.0?

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No need to get testy, you didn't explain why you wanted that setup (not that I agree it will be better for all cases, rendering depends on the software you are using. Cinema 4D and POV-ray are indeed better on the 8370, but NOT on anything below the FX 6300)

For a rendering rig, the PCIe based SSD is entirely unnecessary unless you are for some reason exporting thousands of 32kb files per second. If you do a lot of fluid cache work, it definitely can help though.

Your rig will NOT support a native M.2 card though (already stated that much), so you would either need a better mobo or a PCIe riser...
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1) That motherboard doesn't have M.2, so you'll need a PCIe to M.2 adapter (costs an extra $30 minimum)
2) If this is not an already purchased motherboard, don't go with AMD if you are gaming, the Intel i3 6100 is cheaper than any AMD chip with same in-game performance
3) The 850 EVO is better since you don't have a system that can make the most use of the SSD
 
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I didn't want a recommendation for CPU or Motherboard, I'm using my AMD CPU for rendering mostly, that Intel CPU is crap at that job.
 
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No need to get testy, you didn't explain why you wanted that setup (not that I agree it will be better for all cases, rendering depends on the software you are using. Cinema 4D and POV-ray are indeed better on the 8370, but NOT on anything below the FX 6300)

For a rendering rig, the PCIe based SSD is entirely unnecessary unless you are for some reason exporting thousands of 32kb files per second. If you do a lot of fluid cache work, it definitely can help though.

Your rig will NOT support a native M.2 card though (already stated that much), so you would either need a better mobo or a PCIe riser. I would not recommend booting from it either, rather it should be your scratch/cache/ output destination.
 
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