Hello peeps, I have the Gigabyte Z97 D3H motherboard and I'm planning to buy the Intel SSD 600p series 1tb to use as a data storage. I am wondering if it would be compatible with my motherboard. I read in a forum somewhere that the Z97 D3H have a m.2 slot in PCIE 2.0 x4 lane, but I'm not sure if it's true or not. If it's not compatible should I get this add on? Addonics ADM2PX4 M2 Pcie Ssd Pcie 3.0 4-lane Accs Adapter, I'm only using 1 GPU on the motherboard anyway and the lane below the GPU is a PCIE 2.0 x16 running in x4 lane. I don't mind spending an extra $20 to get an add on. Putting a GPU in PCIE 3.0 x16 and a NVME in PCIE 2.0 x4 won't affect the GPU performance right? Or a second option for M.2, get a Samsung 950 Pro 512GB instead. Since I heard Samsung have their own tool for M.2 compatibility with motherboard. Thanks for the help.
I found the forum that says the motherboard is M.2 slot is PCIE 2.0 x4 here is the link.
Here is the Gigabyte specification page for the GA-Z97-D3H motherboard. They didn't list if their M.2 slot is PCIE 2.0 x4 or PCIE 3.0 x4 or in x2 lane. So yea.
I found the forum that says the motherboard is M.2 slot is PCIE 2.0 x4 here is the link.
Here is the Gigabyte specification page for the GA-Z97-D3H motherboard. They didn't list if their M.2 slot is PCIE 2.0 x4 or PCIE 3.0 x4 or in x2 lane. So yea.