Adding an SSD not on my QVL?

[tkline]

I would like to reinstall windows 10 from scratch. I'd like to get a Solid State Drive for Windows to run on and apps, and use my older 1 TB hard drive just for storage. My motherboard is a few years old, it's an Asus Z87-K. I checked the QVL, and there are very few choices for SSDs and they are all just 256 GB. I'd like to have a little more space, maybe 512.

If I just go out and buy a name brand drive, is there a good chance it will still work even if it's not on the QVL for my motherboard? The list is from last year, so how do I know if any new releases will work on it? Reason I ask is I did try to upgrade my ram at one point, and my PC wouldn't even boot up, that was before I even knew what a QVL was.. so I'm kind of hesitant to just go buy one.

Am I stuck with just what's on my list? is it worth trying something not on the list?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Any SSD not in the QVL simply means it hasn't been tested by the motherboard manufacturer on that board model.
They're not going to update the list every time a new SSD model comes on to the market. Don't let it influence your choice.

It's just a "get out" for the board maker, if you install an SSD and it doesn't work (unlikely) they can just say it's your fault not theirs 'cos it's not in the QVL.

Loads of people buy SSDs without even checking the QVL and they work okay.

RAM is different matter as it interfaces directly with the motherboard so compatibility is much more critical.

 

[tkline]

Any SSD not in the QVL simply means it hasn't been tested by the motherboard manufacturer on that board model.
They're not going to update the list every time a new SSD model comes on to the market. Don't let it influence your choice.

It's just a "get out" for the board maker, if you install an SSD and it doesn't work (unlikely) they can just say it's your fault not theirs 'cos it's not in the QVL.

Loads of people buy SSDs without even checking the QVL and they work okay.

RAM is different matter as it interfaces directly with the motherboard so compatibility is much more critical.

Thanks, I was worried because the ram I got that time didn't work. I picked up a 450 GB sandisk drive today that wasn't on my qvl, worked just fine. I just reinstalled windows from scratch and I'm pretty amazed at how fast everything loads now. Don't know why I didn't do this long ago...

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Good job done mate. I'd like to upgrade to an SSD too, but as pensioners my wife & I have to watch the spending more than we used to! Spend only on what we need now, not on what we want.

 

[tkline]

Good job done mate. I'd like to upgrade to an SSD too, but as pensioners my wife & I have to watch the spending more than we used to! Spend only on what we need now, not on what we want.

Prices are getting a lot more reasonable for SSDs nowadays. Save up some quids (is that what they call it there? ) and you could probably go with a 128 GB drive for just the OS and some apps keep the old hard drive for storage. I was pretty surprised, after I installed windows 10 and my Adobe apps from scratch, it all took up a whole 50 GB. I have around 100 GB of music in iTunes, but I just set that to all save to my old drive. I had no idea how much space I would have needed so I got the bigger drive, now I wish I went with a cheaper and smaller one. Oh well

I have 16 GB of Ram in my machine and I thought that was why my apps were running so slow before, but I think it was just all hard drive speed.. everything is so fast now. I might skip upgrading that now