Will motherboards that are compatible with samsung 950 m.2 ssds also be compatible with the new 960 m.2 ssd?

Guest · Dec 18, 2016

Just as the question above asks. Will motherboards that are compatible with samsung 950 m.2 ssds also be compatible with the new 960 m.2 ssd? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147593&cm_re=samsung_960-_-20-147-593-_-Product
my motherboard is https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z170A-SLI-PLUS.html#hero-overview

my drivers are up to date

Nine Layer Nige · Dec 18, 2016

if its PCIe 3.0 X4

Mikel_4 · Jan 1, 2017

■ http://www.anandtech.com/show/10833/the-samsung-960-evo-1tb-review , different controller, however you can try download http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/downloads/software/Samsung_NVMeDriver_2.zip
■ https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z170A-SLI-PLUS.html#support-hdd , not enlisted, if you currently have 950 PRO installed and working as boot drive on Z170 SLI Plus, backup or clone it to other storage and if you finally have 960 EVO clone to it.