NVMe M.2

Hello. I just upgraded to a M.2 SSD Drive, the 980 from a 870 EVO. Used Samsung's Data Migration tool to get Windows from 870 to the 980. Moved games from Steam Library on other drives to the 980. Had to enable PCIe Mode and x4 instead of x2 on the BIOS for the drive to get full speed, lost 5...

I am trying to perform a clean install of Windows 10 onto a new laptop, but the Windows installer doesn't recognize the M.2 SSD (Micron 2210) that came with the laptop. I can install Ubuntu perfectly fine, but when it comes to installing Windows, the drive doesn't show up. The drive shows up in...

Hi all. Sorry for the wall of text in advance. I'm having trouble with my computer not recognising my new Samsung SSD 980 NVMe M.2 drive. I've read several forum threads that have helped me get through some of my issue, but none were quite identical to my issue and I haven't been able to...

Hello guys! Ive been using my Kingston HyperX Predator 240GB PCIe Gen2 x4 M.2 SSD for about 4 years now and yesterday while looking for an upgrade on Newegg, I went to take it out from the motherboard without turning the PC off. I took it off to make sure I get the right thing which is NVMe for...

I recently bought an Intel 660p m.2 nvme SSD. I installed it into the system but it wont post with the SSD plugged in. The computer turns on with the lights and everything, the keyboard lights turn on as well, but nothing shows up visibly on the screen. Anyone know why I can't even boot to the...

Hey forum, I have a 970 evo plus 1tb, its not hitting 3500 and 3200 read write speeds as advertised, what I did was I cloned my C: from an 840 evo ssd to a 970 to plus using macrium reflect, everything is working fine, installed the nvme driver from Samsung made sure the ssd is in the m.2 slot 1...

I have a samsung 970 evo 250gb nvme which I have moved from my old pc to my new. I have decided to install a fresh copy of windows 10 pro and have been unable to. I have used a USB with the media creator tool and the first time I was able to install windows onto my nvme but when it restarted...

Sup guys! I’m planning to do an upgrade on my setup, and it’s the storage. Changing from: 1 SanDisk Ultra II 960GB 1 Kingston V300 120GB 1 HDD 1TB To: 2x Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB in RAID0 My MOBO is a GIGABYTE AROUS GAMING 7 Z370. I saw on their website the guide how to configure the raid...

I'm getting a new laptop to tide me over until I can settle down with a nice tower setup down the line, and was wondering about cloning and back up solutions. It is a Lenovo Legion Y740-15IRHg with a PCIe NVMe drive. I left the 2.5" SATA bay empty in the build as I have some SSD's that I can...

I was comparing some NVME SSD's and ran into this. How come some SSD's have cache memory, but price difference is minimal? Is cache important? Will it affect gaming? What is the best choice between those 3 (except Samsung in 1TB category and ~ 512GB category). Will seq. read/write of...

Hi, I'm building a Windows pc for 2-d animation & video editing (1080p). Here's my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DLZfsZ I'm wondering which way round I should install my operating system. I figured M.2 SSD: for Windows and Software/application installations SATA SSD: should handle...

Hi guys! What will happen when I'll put second m.2 drive NVMe 3.0 x4 in a slot PCIE 3.0x2, will declared speed be just halved? I've got Corsair MP510 240GB PCIe x4 NVMe as my primary system drive, time came to expand so I want to buy Kingston 1TB M.2 A2000 NVMe PCIe x4 but in my mobo...

hi guys m confused with the read and write for the adata xpg sx8200 pro or s11 pro any other nvme such as transcend 220s nvme, or any other brand except for the samsung ones as they are costly, i wanna know which ones r better in the 256gb versions as mostly the write speed is always slower than...

Greetings to all! Context: My previous PC had an FX-6300 and a mechanical WD Blue 500GB 7,200 RPM HD. I've built a new computer on the Ryzen platform: 2600 @ 4Ghz on 1.337v, with entirely different hardware, including a Crucial MX500 2.5" SSD. Using the "Acronis software" provided with the...

Hi all. Quick question as I’m slightly confused. I have a MSI z170a Sli motherboard. It’s not the sli plus and I have tried to read the manual to see if it supports m.2 nvme and I’m getting confused as it says it supports Pcie 3.0 x 4 but then says supports pcie 3.0 x 4 with a u.2 host card...