MSI z270 gaming m7 SSD compatibility

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I was curious if this motherboard supports Western Digital Blue 3D NAND m.2 SSD. Also if so, are there any specific ports that will support it or will any of them work?

 

[richiestang_78]

Yes it does.

1 x U.2 port **
- Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe U.2 SSD
3 x M.2 slots (Key M)*
- M2_1 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards, 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices
- M2_2 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 standard, 2242/2260/2280 storage devices
- M2_3 slot supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s ** standards, 2242/2260/2280 storage devices
- Intel Optane Memory Ready for all M.2 slots***

* M.2 and SATA ports maximum support 2 x M.2 PCIe SSDs + 6 x SATA HDDs.
**The M2_3, U2_1 and SATA 5~6 share the same bandwidth.
*** Intel Optane Technology is only supported when using 7th Gen processors. Before using Intel Optane memory modules, please ensure that you have updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z270-GAMING-M7#support-hdd
Storage support list.