SSD Thoughs

[ragnarok95]

sorry hijack abit, my motherboard got m.2 slot or not? can fully utilize the speed if get samsung 950pro?
never follow this new interface ... TIA

Bro... google.

https://www.asus.com/sg/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_X99/

 

[JustMyself]

Most likely will be bottlenecked to pcie 2.0 x.2. It was like that for my MSI Z97 Mpower. Used silverstone adaptor and i got pcie 3.0 x4 speeds.

like this issit worth getting the m.2 ssd?

and where to hoot the adaptor? pc theme ah

 

[MasK]

Why not get a smaller M.2 SSD like 256GB for OS and then another 500GB or 1TB standard SSD for storage?
I intend to do just that..

 

[shadow84]

like this issit worth getting the m.2 ssd?

and where to hoot the adaptor? pc theme ah

Cybermind. I got the silverstone m.2 pcie adaptor at $39.

 

[Entry Level PC]

load a few seconds longer wont die de lah.

 

[JustMyself]

I bought my M.2 NVME SSD, i can detect the ssd in my bios but i can't detect my drive at windows. updated to the latest bios.
last slot of my PCIE lane is used for my sound card.

Board - Asrock Z97 Extreme 4

 

[royfrosty]

I bought my M.2 NVME SSD, i can detect the ssd in my bios but i can't detect my drive at windows. updated to the latest bios.
last slot of my PCIE lane is used for my sound card.

Board - Asrock Z97 Extreme 4

What windows is that? Windows 7?

 

[JustMyself]

What windows is that? Windows 7?

solved after I download the driver. but in order to utilise the speed is best to get pcie 3 x 4 speed comparing to my gen2 on my board?

 

[royfrosty]

solved after I download the driver. but in order to utilise the speed is best to get pcie 3 x 4 speed comparing to my gen2 on my board?

Yes. There is a to go about it IF you have only 1 gpu. A certified SLI board.

Buy a m.2 to pcie converter. Bring down the gpu to the 2nd slot. Then put the adapter with the nvme ssd at the first slot.

For that your gpu works on x8 bandwidth. It is more than enough. And the first slot goes to ssd. Not unless you have 2 gpus on a z97 then no choice you got to go for x4 gen 2.0.

 

[JustMyself]

Yes. There is a to go about it IF you have only 1 gpu. A certified SLI board.

Buy a m.2 to pcie converter. Bring down the gpu to the 2nd slot. Then put the adapter with the nvme ssd at the first slot.

For that your gpu works on x8 bandwidth. It is more than enough. And the first slot goes to ssd. Not unless you have 2 gpus on a z97 then no choice you got to go for x4 gen 2.0.

die die need to put in x16 slot for the nvme ssd? or placing the converter into gen 3 x8 slot? yes the board certified sli

 

[royfrosty]

die die need to put in x16 slot for the nvme ssd? or how able to change my board to z97 that support m.2 PCIe Gen3 x4 ?

Is not about x16. Need to be pcie 3.0. Z97 has its limitations.

There is only 1 full x16 pcie 3.0. And the rest are 2.0. The only way to fully utilize a nvme is to put it into pcie 3.0. No 2 ways about it.

So if you have 1 gpu only and your mobo is sli certified. Then yes you can utilize nvme speed by using an adapter. And you can still run your gpu at x8 as per normal. No degrading in performance.

 

[JustMyself]

but from the site, this board come with 3 PCIe 3.0 x16, 3 PCIe 2.0 x1, 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97 Extreme4/


but funny part is I wan do a fresh window install I can't detect it during the installation.. why?

 

[royfrosty]

but from the site, this board come with 3 PCIe 3.0 x16, 3 PCIe 2.0 x1, 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97 Extreme4/


but funny part is I wan do a fresh window install I can't detect it during the installation.. why?

Depends on which windows you are installing. Windows 7 you does not have Native support or nvme. Hence you will need to install a driver before installing windows.

8.1 and 10 does not need that.

For your mobo. You got to look carefully. Look at the soldered pins.

Your first full length pcie 3.0 is x16.

Your 2nd is x8. And last x4.

For this config, if the mobo states that is pcie pcie 3.0 for all 4 slots. But you need to see the bandwidth lanes allocated.

If you claimed that your last slot is a pcie sound card, you practically sharing bandwidth. Your gpu is probably running x8.

Might wanna see here for more info.

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z170-vs-Z97-What-is-the-Difference-636/

 

[avsquare]

Video editing professionals. U r talking about multiple GB file sizes per clip.

Sometimes I wonder with nvme ssds becoming more affordable, is having SSDs in RAID0 still relevant for people who need to edit and transfer large files (video editing, 3D rendering etc).

 

[JustMyself]

Depends on which windows you are installing. Windows 7 you does not have Native support or nvme. Hence you will need to install a driver before installing windows.

8.1 and 10 does not need that.

For your mobo. You got to look carefully. Look at the soldered pins.

Your first full length pcie 3.0 is x16.

Your 2nd is x8. And last x4.

For this config, if the mobo states that is pcie pcie 3.0 for all 4 slots. But you need to see the bandwidth lanes allocated.

If you claimed that your last slot is a pcie sound card, you practically sharing bandwidth. Your gpu is probably running x8.

Might wanna see here for more info.

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z170-vs-Z97-What-is-the-Difference-636/

ok maybe I will try do a benchmark on the x8 slot first if the speed is not up the standard. I will move up ssd to first slot and move my gpu to second slot... a nvme ssd is so troublesome!!