New to SSDs. Is this compatible?

[justinx01]

Hi community, so I'm new to SSDs and was looking to get a SSD. My build is as follows:

OS - Windows 10 64-bit
MB - Gigabyte GA-G1 Sniper B7
CPU - Intel Core i5 6500
GPU - Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1060 6GB
RAM - Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB DDR4-2400)
HDD - Western Digital WD 500GB
PSU - Antec NEO 620W
CASE - NZXT Source 220

The SSD that I'll get is a M2. Here is one I'm looking at:

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-850-EVO-Internal-MZ-N5E500BW/dp/B00TGIW1XG/ref=sr_1_cc_6?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1489243583&sr=1-6-catcorr&keywords=m2+ssd

(Prefer to use amazon because I have Prime.) Would that be compatible/fine if purchased. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/G1Sniper-B7-rev-10#support-doc
M2 Support and SSD List by type is here.

 

[justinx01]

What is the difference between a M.2 Sata, M.2 NVMe, and M.2 PCIe AHCI? What is the one that I'm pretty much looking for? (My case doesn't have SSD drive bays where my SATA HDD is mounted.)

 

[justinx01]

Anyone else?

 

[Monkeypie8]

M.2 Sata is just a normal Sata connection and wont give faster speeds.
M.2 NVME uses PCIe to giver faster speeds than Sata.

 

[justinx01]

Ordered the Evo 850 M.2 and it came today. Works great and boot times is awesome. Games perform better on it (was using a WD 500GB SATA II HDD ). The WD drive is now stored away.