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nevergone89

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Hello,
I have this motherboard: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P9X79_DELUXE/#download

I am looking for an internal SSD, 512GB minimum. I found that Plextor may be a good option:http://www.goplextor.com/Product/Detail/M6e(A)_M.2_2280#/Features

My question is, are the two compatible? And do I need to order the SSD with or without an adapter? On Amazon, it asks whether should I choose an adapter or not: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00JJY9R8O/ref=sr_1_2_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1481209372&sr=8-2&keywords=plextor+m6e+2280&condition=new

Q2: Btw, could I buy a PCI Express x4 SSD and make it work under PCI Express x3 speed, with my current motherboard?

Thank you!
 
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There are 3 main interface type of SSDs: SATA, M2, and PCI Express (but to confuse things the M2 is part of the PCI Express bus so it could also be labeled as PCI- Express).
What you have is an M2 card that then uses an adapter to interface to a normal PCI-Express slot.

PCI x4 and PCI 3.0 are two different things. x4 means there is 4 data lanes. 3.0 means that you have the 3rd version of PCI Express (which is faster bandwidth per lane). So this ultimatly comes down to if the card is a PCI 3.0 spec or 2.0 spec.

Your motherboard would require the adapter in order to use the SSD you linked as it does not have an m2 slot.

Now with all of that said you will be better off for maximum compatibility and ease of getting it to boot to just...
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There are 3 main interface type of SSDs: SATA, M2, and PCI Express (but to confuse things the M2 is part of the PCI Express bus so it could also be labeled as PCI- Express).
What you have is an M2 card that then uses an adapter to interface to a normal PCI-Express slot.

PCI x4 and PCI 3.0 are two different things. x4 means there is 4 data lanes. 3.0 means that you have the 3rd version of PCI Express (which is faster bandwidth per lane). So this ultimatly comes down to if the card is a PCI 3.0 spec or 2.0 spec.

Your motherboard would require the adapter in order to use the SSD you linked as it does not have an m2 slot.

Now with all of that said you will be better off for maximum compatibility and ease of getting it to boot to just use a traditional SATA style SSD like the Samsung 850 evo.
 
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nevergone89

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Thank you. Any idea why the version WITH Adapter for plextor would be cheaper than the version WITHOUT adapter? It doesnt make any sense to me, because the Adapter is an extra piece and it should be more expensive WITH adapter.

 
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boosted1g

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Likely either a sale or just higher volume of that combo gives it a lower price.

An external hard drive with a drive, a casing, a circuit board, a power adapter and USB cable is cheaper then just the drive.
Reason is that for consumer market (not PC building OEMs like HP, Dell, etc) externals are purchased at a much higher voume than internals. Granted the external is of slightly lower quality, but even at that the internal is 20-30% more expensive then an external with all the extra parts!
 
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