Question Asus Z97-A motherboard and Samsung PM981 MZVLB512HAJQ. Will it work ?

[RebekkaAndersen]

I have an Asus Z97-A motherboard and want to buy a .m2 ssd.
Will a Samsung PM981 MZVLB512HAJQ drive work with my motherboard.

Rebekka

 

[kanga_]

In theory, it should work HOWEVER the m.2 slot on your motherboard is PCI-Express 2.0 and the m.2 drive uses PCI-Express 3.0 so your ss would be greatly limited from "32gbp/s" to "10gp/s"

 

[mdd1963]

If the later Z97 BIOS options support it, perhaps full speed will be available in a PCI-e X4 slot adapter....

 

[RebekkaAndersen]

So it would be better for me to buy a PCI-Express 2.0 drive instead of a PCI-Express 3.0 drive.
I would like to get higer mb/s as I have now (550/read 550/write).

Would one of these work ? (Im a bit unsure if they will work together with my Z97-a motherboard)

CORSAIR Force Series MP300 - solid state drive - 240 GB - PCI Express 3.0 x2 (NVMe)
Kingston A1000 - solid state drive - 240 GB - PCI Express 3.0 x2 (NVMe)