Installing M.2 SSD

[magicalotter]

Hey! I have a MSI H81m-P32L Motherboard and I was thinking of buying a Samsung 970 EVO 250GB M.2 PCI-e Gen 3.0 x 4, NVMe 1.3 Solid State Drive. So the question is, would it work? Because by the looks of it I don't really see M.2 install slots on my motherboard or I don't know if I just don't see but it might just because I am dumb and I'm not the most tech-savy person around. I just wanna be sure and hear from you guys is it possible or will I have to get a regular SSD like a Kingston A400 2.5" 480GB?

Thank you for your time!~

 

[Lutfij]

Given that the platform is aged and it's a known fact that Haswell series 80 series boards lacked proper UEFI support for NVMe drives(M.2 at least) that you're better off looking at a suitable 2.5" form factor SSD. If you're looking at speeds + endurance, I'd suggest looking at Samsung or SK Hynix branded SSD's in the 2.5" form factor.

 

[Traditore]

That motherboard does not have m2. You need to buy a common 2.5" SSD

 

[magicalotter]

Thank you so much guys for the quick response! I had a funny feeling it would have to be a regular 2.5" SSD which doesn't bother me, it would've just been really nice if I could get the M.2 one 🙁

I'll look into the Samsung or SK Hynix you recommend to me @Lutfij ! Thanks again~ ^_^

 

[Rdslw]

you can get m.2, but it needs to go to PCIE x16 slot with another card.
most basic adapter:
https://www.amazon.com/adapter-interface-Support-Express-2230-2280/dp/B0762JRDG3

 

[magicalotter]

you can get m.2, but it needs to go to PCIE x16 slot with another card.
most basic adapter:
https://www.amazon.com/adapter-interface-Support-Expres...

Are you absolutely sure it would work with my motherboard?

 

[USAFRet]

you can get m.2, but it needs to go to PCIE x16 slot with another card.
most basic adapter:
https://www.amazon.com/adapter-interface-Support-Expres...

Are you absolutely sure it would work with my motherboard?

It might work, but not as the boot drive.
Not even close to gaining enough benefit for the extra cost and hassle.

Just get a regular 2.5" SATA III drive.

 

[magicalotter]

you can get m.2, but it needs to go to PCIE x16 slot with another card.
most basic adapter:
https://www.amazon.com/adapter-interface-Support-Expres...

Are you absolutely sure it would work with my motherboard?

It might work, but not as the boot drive.
Not even close to gaining enough benefit for the extra cost and hassle.

Just get a regular 2.5" SATA III drive.

I am guessing I won't get that 3000mb/s reading power but probably brought down to the 2.5" level of like 500-700 when I use the adapter?
If that's the case then yeah I'll just get the regular SSD haha.
Thanks for everyone's help! Appreciate it a lot ^_^