Question MSI B150I GAMING PRO AC M.2 COMPATIBILITY

[Ben_204]

I've just recently purchased the MSI B150I GAMING PRO AC motherboard and I'm uncertain as to which M.2 SSD is compatible.

I'm not all too familiar with newer hardware technology and a bit confused when it comes to M.2, NVMe, SATA, PCI-E 3.0 X4.

Any help would be much appreciated as I don't want to end up buying something that's incompatible.

 

[rgd1101]

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B150I-GAMING-PRO-AC/Specification
1 x M.2 Key M Socket supports type 2280/2260/2242 storage devices in PCIE Gen3 x4 mode on the back side
only m.2 with pcie

 

[Ben_204]

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B150I-GAMING-PRO-AC/Specification
1 x M.2 Key M Socket supports type 2280/2260/2242 storage devices in PCIE Gen3 x4 mode on the back side
only m.2 with pcie

Thanks for the reply.

Is M.2 the same as NVMe as all I could find on Amazon was NVMe PCI SSD?

 

[rgd1101]

m.2 can be sata or pcie(nvme)
so don't buy the sata m.2

 

[Ben_204]

m.2 can be sata or pcie(nvme)
so don't buy the sata m.2

Excellent! Thank you so much for your advice.