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xp3tp851

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I need someone to double-verify that my hardware configuration will work with the SSD I am wanting to purchase.

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC Mate LGA 1150 ATX Motherboard

SSD: Samsung 960 Pro Series 512GB M.2 Internal SSD

M.2 Adapter: Mailiya M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 Adapter

I have a 650W power supply; not sure on the other specs anymore as it's been a while since I've done much with my PC.

I need to know that the SSD using the Mailiya Adapter will be able to run & function the way it should. I'm okay not getting full performance out of it; I simply want an SSD I can transfer over to my new PC when I eventually upgrade. I will be putting my OS on the SSD & have a HDD for my files.

If another SSD would work better for me, what one should I go with? Thank you!
 
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I'm okay not getting full performance out of it; I simply want an SSD I can transfer over to my new PC when I eventually upgrade
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Why not choose the regular SSD which is perfectly compatible with that board? KISS principle FTW. Why complicate the PCIe lanes? Connect it to one of the six Sata connectors and call it a day.

Should you be bound and determined to purchase the M.2 drive that adapter is perfectly compatible with the PC mate.

I own that board. The Samsung Evo 500GB will be my next SSD. I can't justify the extra expense of a M.2 drive.
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aquielisunari

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I'm okay not getting full performance out of it; I simply want an SSD I can transfer over to my new PC when I eventually upgrade
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Why not choose the regular SSD which is perfectly compatible with that board? KISS principle FTW. Why complicate the PCIe lanes? Connect it to one of the six Sata connectors and call it a day.

Should you be bound and determined to purchase the M.2 drive that adapter is perfectly compatible with the PC mate.

I own that board. The Samsung Evo 500GB will be my next SSD. I can't justify the extra expense of a M.2 drive.
 
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boosted1g

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Not many Z97 era motherboards support booting from PCI-E, even more unlikely when PC MATE is the lower end of MSI products.
It really is not worth the headache, price, and overcomplciaiton of trying to force your machine to use M2, just get an 850 evo SATA drive and call it a day.

The mystery 650w PSU is a conecern to me as usually when the user does not know it is a low quality garbage-can grade PSU. The PSU is the heart of your system and has the ability to fry all of your parts. A quality PSU can handle outpuing its stated load as a continous load for a heavy task like gaming or vidoe editing (certainly not ideal to run at max but can still handle it), it also has many safegaurds built in to protect your parts from gettting damaged. A low quality unit will die/fall being expected to oiutput 60% of its stated load for any period of time, and lacks any protections and thus often ends up frying GPU and/or motherboard when it dies; some of these units have even started sparking and caused house fires.
 
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