m.2 Samsung 860 EVO 500GB compatibility with MSI B450 Gaming Carbon Pro

May 20, 2018
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Can anyone confirm if the SATA m.2 Samsung 860 EVO at 500GB is fully compatible with the MSI B450 Gaming Carbon Pro motherboard?

I've looked into MSI's QVL on their website, it's not listed. So I then checked Samsung's and it tells me to look back at MSI's. It's not like Crucial's where their website mentions the SSD's compatible with that MSI motherboard.

So that's when I turn to you guys. For those of you who happen to have those two, can you confirm if they are fully compatible with each other?
 

shmoochie

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The m.2_2 slot uses pcie lanes. The m.2_1 uses SATA.

Per the manual:
PCI_E2, PCI_E3, PCI_E4 and PCI_E5 slots will be unavailable when installing
M.2 PCIe SSD in M2_2 slot.
** SATA5 and SATA6 ports will be unavailable when installing a M.2 device in
M2_1 slot.