[SOLVED] Samsung 860 EVO compability

[MikeGE]

Hi,

I was thinking about getting a Samsung 860 EVO SATA 2,5". On their homepage I saw that the cache memory of the SSD is using "Low Power DDR4 SDRAM".

Can I assume that it wouldn't be compatible with an old mainboard thats using DD3 RAM? (Mainboard: ASUS M51AC)

 

[jay32267]

Hi,

I was thinking about getting a Samsung 860 EVO SATA 2,5". On their homepage I was that the cache memory of the SSD is using "Low Power DDR4 SDRAM".

Can I assume that it wouldn't be compatible with an old mainboard thats using DD3 RAM? (Mainboard: ASUS M51AC)

No you cannot assume that.
It should work.
that MB has SATA ports.

 

[USAFRet]

It will absolutely work.
Drop in replacement for a standard SATA HDD.
Same connections.

 

[MikeGE]

Thank you for the fast reply. I was using another Sata SSD on this mainboard before without any problems. It's just the DDR4 that threw me off here whether thats supported by the mainboard.

 

[logainofhades]

Thank you for the fast reply. I was using another Sata SSD on this mainboard before without any problems. It's just the DDR4 that threw me off here whether thats supported by the mainboard.

The DDR4 is on the drive itself. It is used by the controller, of the drive, and is not related to your mainboard's ram. Kinda like how Vram, on a graphics card is only used by the graphics card itself.

 

[USAFRet]

Thank you for the fast reply. I was using another Sata SSD on this mainboard before without any problems. It's just the DDR4 that threw me off here whether thats supported by the mainboard.

Just like with a GPU...whatever internal memory that device has, has no bearing on what RAM the motherboard uses.

 

[MikeGE]

Alright thanks everyone, I'm gonna order one then

 

[jay32267]

Alright thanks everyone, I'm gonna order one then

You're welcome.
I put one of these in an ASUS P6T Deluxe motherboard from 2009 a few months ago and it works great.
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Inch-Internal-MZ-76E1T0B-AM/dp/B078DPCY3T

 

[2plash6]

Yes. As long as it has SATA ports it should work.