[SOLVED] Does Gigabyte z97x gaming 3 support HP EX950 M.2 SSD?

[Freaz01]

Don't know if this kind of ssd is supported by my mobo. Was searching all day but cant find nothing. Thanks!!

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Specs-wise, the HP EX950 is compatible with your motherboard's M.2 slot.

 

[USAFRet]

Don't know if this kind of ssd is supported by my mobo. Was searching all day but cant find nothing. Thanks!!

https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/GA-Z97X-Gaming-3-rev-10/sp#sp

Yes, but in a Z97 board I wouldn't expect more than PCIe x2 performance.

That HP drive would be running at about 1/2 - 1/3 speed.

 

[Freaz01]

https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/GA-Z97X-Gaming-3-rev-10/sp#sp

Yes, but in a Z97 board I wouldn't expect more than PCIe x2 performance.

That HP drive would be running at about 1/2 - 1/3 speed.

so it's worth buying a normal ssd instead of a m.2 one?

 

[USAFRet]

so it's worth buying a normal ssd instead of a m.2 one?

YES!

In my Z97 ASRcok board (listed below), the only reason there is an NVMe drive (the Intel 660p) is because it was a 1TB NVMe drive for $88 (last summer).
And here, it is running in a PCIe adapter as a secondary drive.

 

[mdd1963]

The Intel 660P's seem to have spiked to $129 in my location...(vs. the $90 or so form a few months ago)

A few months back, they were even $4-$10 less than a 1 TB standard SATA drive...

But, I'd certainly not encourage paying a large 100% premium to get 800 MB/sec sequential reads instead of 560 MB/sec reads...