Samsung 850 Evo M.2

[byte0215]

Hi! Im planning to buy mobo any of these two boards
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1
Gigabyte GA-Z170X Gaming 7

along with it i will buy a Samsung 850 EVO M.2 SSD

My question is,
1) will the samsung M.2 850 evo 250gb be compatible on the m.2 slot of the two board?
2) if yes, i should be using the M.2 ssd for my OS?

P.S Im sorry this will be the first time im using ssd on my build.

 

[gilbadon]

Is this a PCI-E based m.2 SSD or a SATA based M.2 SSD?

Just send a link.

 

[byte0215]

Is this a PCI-E based m.2 SSD or a SATA based M.2 SSD?

Just send a link.

Here is the spec

-Product Type M.2
-Interface SATA 6Gb/s Interface, compatible with SATA 3Gb/s & SATA 1.5Gb/s interface
-Capacity 250 GB (1GB=1 Billionbyte by IDEMA) *
-*Actual usable capacity may be less (due to formatting, partitioning, operating system, applications or otherwise)
-Sequential Read Speed Up to 540 MB/sec Sequential Read *
*Performance may vary based on system hardware & configuration
-Sequential Write Speed Up to 500 MB/sec Sequential Write *
-*Performance may vary based on system hardware & configuration
Memory Speed:
-Samsung 32 layer 3D V-NAND
-Samsung 512 MB Low Power
-DDR3 SDRAM

http://dynaquestpc.com/product/samsung-850-evo-m-2-250gb/

 

[gilbadon]

It will work but you will not get great performance out of a sata M.2 drive (same as 2.5" SATA model). PCI based M.2 based drives will be a lot better. Try to get a SATA express or PCI M.2 drive instead if you want a boost in speed.

Either way, both motherboards will work and you should use the M.2 drive as the boot drive.

 

[byte0215]

It will work but you will not get great performance out of a sata M.2 drive (same as 2.5" SATA model). PCI based M.2 based drives will be a lot better. Try to get a SATA express or PCI M.2 drive instead if you want a boost in speed.

Either way, both motherboards will work and you should use the M.2 drive as the boot drive.

Pci based m.2 will work on the 2 boards?

 

[rgd1101]

It will work but you will not get great performance out of a sata M.2 drive (same as 2.5" SATA model). PCI based M.2 based drives will be a lot better. Try to get a SATA express or PCI M.2 drive instead if you want a boost in speed.

Either way, both motherboards will work and you should use the M.2 drive as the boot drive.

Pci based m.2 will work on the 2 boards?

yes like the samsung 950 pro

 

[JimmyBab]

So even though its a PCI-e SSD. It will still fit in the reserved m.2 slot in the MOBO? Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question.

 

[rgd1101]

that are 2 different thing, one is a connector, the other is interface of the SSD.

 

[JimmyBab]

I just want to thank you for pointing this out.. My samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB is actually faster than this samsung 850 evo m.2. There is no point in getting an m.2 for me unless i go with the m.2 samsung 950..


(1) SAMSUNG 850 EVO M.2 250GB SATA III Internal SSD Single Unit Version MZ-N5E250BW

Max Sequential Read: Up to 540 MBps
Max Sequential Write: Up to 500 MBps
4KB Random Read: Up to 97,000 IOPS
Controller: MGX
Model #: MZ-N5E250BW
Item #: N82E16820147398


(2) SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM

Max Sequential Read: Up to 540 MBps
Max Sequential Write: Up to 520 MBps
4KB Random Read: Up to 98,000 IOPS
Controller: Samsung MGX Controller
Model #: MZ-75E500B/AM
Item #: N82E16820147373

 

[rgd1101]

Yeah the 850 EVO only have SATA3 interface. which don't make much sense to m.2 unless that the only connector on a laptop/netbook.

 

[JimmyBab]

Yea I deff wanna save up for the 950 Pro. Now that horizontal connection 32Gb/s M.2.. Is that a sata connection or a pci connection on the MOBO?

 

[rgd1101]

The m.2 can take either pci x4(faster) or sata slower interface card.

 

[JimmyBab]

The m.2 can take either pci x4(faster) or sata slower interface card.

After watching this I am kinda bummed.

http://youtu.be/4aLW7Bk5Zgk

 

[rgd1101]

The m.2 can take either pci x4(faster) or sata slower interface card.

After watching this I am kinda bummed.

http://youtu.be/4aLW7Bk5Zgk

there is a review on 950 here
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/samsung-950-pro-ssd,4313.html

 

[JimmyBab]

Can Windows 7 pro run On this or just 8.1 and up?

 

[rgd1101]

Yes you can run windows 7. there are people on the forum ran that on a ssd