[SOLVED] New SSD form M.2

[nyxanna]

I wanted to buy this SSD Samsung 970 Evo Plus

But apparently they use this new form factor called M.2.
My motherboard is the MSI Z97-G45 GAMING.

1. Can someone tell me if I will be able to use this SSD on my motherboard?

2. If the answer to the above is No, can you please tell me if I will be able to use it on the motherboard Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra?

3. I have the CPU i5 4670K. If I buy the Gigabyte board will I need a new CPU?

 

[Traditore]

1. NO
2. YES
3. Yes, you'll need new CPU.

Consider if you really need that M.2 SSD (considering you'll have to buy new CPU). It has little real-world performance improvement over SATA 2.5" SSDs unless you specifically will run tasks that benefit from that kind of speeds.

 

[nyxanna]

Thanks for the quick help.

Does this CPU work on the Gigabyte motherboard above? INTEL CORE I9 9900K

 

[DMAN999]

Yes with BIOS version F3 or newer:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z390-AORUS-ULTRA-rev-10#support-cpu

 

[AllanGH]

It has little real-world performance improvement over SATA 2.5" SSDs

Actually....NVMe SSDs blow SATA interfaced devices out of the water, with read/write speeds solidly in the 3000MB/s region for the Samsung EVO devices.

Bad NVMe drives will have read/write speeds in the 980 -1200MB/s range--about double that of the best SATA interfaced drives.

 

[DMAN999]

Watch the video here to help you decide between a PCI-E NVMe and SATA SSD:
https://www.techspot.com/news/67222-storage-real-world-performance-nvme-vs-sata-vs-hdd.html