Confused about NVme M.2

sarinism7 · Jan 28, 2018

I have a Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3 BIOS version F7 it has a M.2 slot.

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z97X-Gaming-3-rev-11#sp

Would buying Samsung 500GB EVO PCI Express 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive work with this mobo.
Would it get in the range of speeds advertised? - "3,200 MB/s read and 1,800 MB/s write"

J_E_D_70 · Jan 28, 2018

https://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?topic=16833.0

https://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?topic=17204.0

It will function but looks like you’ll get half nvme speed. You could still go that route and move it to a new build in the future.

USAFRet · Jan 28, 2018

Don't bother unless you are planning to move that drive to a new build later.

The z97 boards were built before m.2 NVMe drives were a thing. AS such, they don't really support them at full speed.

n0ns3ns3 · Jan 28, 2018

Yes, it will work with your MB.
yes, you will see almost those speeds in very specific scenarios - writing large file or reading large file from equally fast source/destination.

On the practical side, you'd be better getting a 1TB SATA SSD (2.5" or M.2 form factor) for the same price. There is no difference in performance for most uses (productivity, development, gaming).

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