can i use a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive on my asus p6t MB pci-express 2 slot?

cornell22

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Can i use a SAMSUNG 950 PRO M.2 512GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive on my ASUS P6T MB PCI-express 2 slot? Will it work or would a SATA SSD be faster in my system.
 
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No way I would spend the money for an M.2 Pro drive with a P6T, just get a decent SSD and consider M.2 when you do a new build. You will notice no difference, not even sure if that board would support it as a boot drive (IIRC way back the PCIe Revo Drives would not boot a P6T), and even if it did it would boot slower than a SATA SSD.

Give them some time and they will get a lot cheaper too. Trust me on that, been buying SSDs since my first Intel X25-M 80GB was around $500. :)

RealBeast

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No way I would spend the money for an M.2 Pro drive with a P6T, just get a decent SSD and consider M.2 when you do a new build. You will notice no difference, not even sure if that board would support it as a boot drive (IIRC way back the PCIe Revo Drives would not boot a P6T), and even if it did it would boot slower than a SATA SSD.

Give them some time and they will get a lot cheaper too. Trust me on that, been buying SSDs since my first Intel X25-M 80GB was around $500. :)
 
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