MSI gaming m.2 SSD compatible

dhardwick13 · Oct 21, 2017

Hi, I have an MSI 970 gaming mobo and was thinking of using an m.2 SSD with a pcie adapter, would this work and how would I go about installing an OS on it as I can't find how to set a pcie device as a bootable device.
Thanks in advance

CountMike · Oct 22, 2017

Save your money and buy larger SATA SSD, that BIOS doesn't allow BOOT from PCIe devices. On that system you wouldn't notice any difference anyway. Besides, not all M.2 SSDs are any faster than SATA ones, only few expensive ones are.

dhardwick13 · Oct 22, 2017

but would the pcie one still work on my system?

USAFRet · Oct 22, 2017

dhardwick13 :

Not as the boot drive.

CountMike · Oct 22, 2017

Should work but will not BOOT from it because adapter and probably SSD itself needs drivers to work at all. Adapter itself may impose some speed restrictions so even fastest M.2 drive would be quite possibly even slower than fast SATA one.

dhardwick13 · Oct 22, 2017

Ok, thank you for the info, it's much appreciated

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