Question Do I have to do anything special for M.2?

[jtk459]

I am looking at getting an M.2 drive and wanted to know if I have to do any special set up for it. I am not looking to put windows on it I just want to use it for games.

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

First make sure your motherboard takes m2. And that it takes the type you are looking at sata or nvme. When you install it using windows it should offer to format and partition it for you if it is not. Just use disc manager to see its status, and then assign a drive letter to tell the games where to go and be accessed from.

 

[jtk459]

So My motherboard specs say its m.2 is for 2260/2280/22110 and the m.2 I'm looking at says its an m.2 2280 form factor so they are compatible right?

First make sure your motherboard takes m2. And that it takes the type you are looking at sata or nvme. When you install it using windows it should offer to format and partition it for you if it is not. Just use disc manager to see its status, and then assign a drive letter to tell the games where to go and be accessed from.

 

[USAFRet]

I am looking at getting an M.2 drive and wanted to know if I have to do any special set up for it. I am not looking to put windows on it I just want to use it for games.

What specific drive, and what specific motherboard?

"M.2" is simply the form factor...how it plugs in.
There are different types, and not all motherboards take either.

 

[AllanGH]

Physically, it will fit.

You need to check motherboard interface support: SATA or NVMe.

 

[jtk459]

Rampage V Extreme Motherboard and ADATA XPG SX8200 PRO PCIE GEN3X4 M.2 2280 SSD

What specific drive, and what specific motherboard?

"M.2" is simply the form factor...how it plugs in.
There are different types, and not all motherboards take either.

 

[AllanGH]

The motherboard supports NVMe drives only, according to the specs, and the drive you selected is an NVMe drive. You should be fine.

 

[USAFRet]

Rampage V Extreme Motherboard and ADATA XPG SX8200 PRO PCIE GEN3X4 M.2 2280 SSD

And the place to determine compatibility is the motherboard specs.

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Yes, that drive will work on that motherboard.

 

[jtk459]

Alright thanks for the help everyone.

 

[USAFRet]

Note...your game performance will not benefit much from that drive, vs a SATA III SSD.
And only a little over a spinning HDD.

 

[jtk459]

I thought the point of M.2 was to be faster?

Note...your game performance will not benefit much from that drive, vs a SATA III SSD.
And only a little over a spinning HDD.

 

[USAFRet]

I thought the point of M.2 was to be faster?

"M.2" is just the form factor.
There are both SATA III M.2 drives and NVMe M.2 drives.

NVMe is 'faster'.

But in the context of playing a game...the only benefit you might see is a little bit faster loading of a new level.
The FPS and resolution...all that happens within the context of the CPU/RAM/GPU. The drive has little to do with it.