I am looking at installing an SSD in my machine. I am looking at Nvme.m2 storage in a PCIe card. Can you boot off this setup without, or would I need a sata 6 ssd to boot off and at least load the os. If that's the case, maybe just keep the Nvme for certain game storage, and possibly some OS files.
particularly Samsung Evo 9 pro 250 or 500gb because of their 3500mb/s speed. I can't find anything else that compares.
But if there are cheaper options that are faster or fast enough, let me know!
Can anyone help me to see if this will even work on my current motherboard: https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/GA-B75M-D3H-rev-11#sp
Even if it cannot use Nvme as boot, can I still run it? according to manual PCIe status is as follows:
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
(The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.) This one for video card of course.
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
* Whether PCI Express 3.0 is supported depends on CPU and graphics card compatibility.
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
(The PCIEX4 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0) Nvme would have to go in this slot.
standard.)
2 x PCI slots
The Nvme modules say they run PCI-Express 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3
So does that mean Nvme modules will not even work on my motherboard unless I use the PCIeX16 slot which will be used for video card?
Or does it mean that the Nvme will run slower on PCIe 2.0? How much slower. Should I just stick with a Sata III ssd for now?
Thank you!
particularly Samsung Evo 9 pro 250 or 500gb because of their 3500mb/s speed. I can't find anything else that compares.
But if there are cheaper options that are faster or fast enough, let me know!
Can anyone help me to see if this will even work on my current motherboard: https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/GA-B75M-D3H-rev-11#sp
Even if it cannot use Nvme as boot, can I still run it? according to manual PCIe status is as follows:
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
(The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.) This one for video card of course.
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
* Whether PCI Express 3.0 is supported depends on CPU and graphics card compatibility.
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
(The PCIEX4 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0) Nvme would have to go in this slot.
standard.)
2 x PCI slots
The Nvme modules say they run PCI-Express 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3
So does that mean Nvme modules will not even work on my motherboard unless I use the PCIeX16 slot which will be used for video card?
Or does it mean that the Nvme will run slower on PCIe 2.0? How much slower. Should I just stick with a Sata III ssd for now?
Thank you!