Samsung 960 Evo SSD Compatibility With Motherboards

[Nike_101]

Hello, I am going to pre-order the SSD 960 EVO NVMe M.2 250GB. ( http://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/ssd-960-evo-m-2-250gb-mz-v6e250bw/?cid=pla-ecom-mul-27,000,002 )

I need a 1150 socket motherboard. I'm thinking of buying the http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97%20Extreme6/?cat=Specifications

Will that motherboard be compatible with the SSD? Also please share suggestions if you know a better motherboard for that SSD that fits the 1150 socket.

 

[honey2015]

I have Broadwell 5775C which is 1150 socket. and I have 950 PRO 512GB (which is 4x 3.0 pcie lanes)

my motherboard have m.2 slot but 2x 2.0 pcie lanes. I have ordered pcie adapter and put it in 3.0 pcie slot on motherboard, with that ssd, and it is working fine.

you must use 3.0 adapter, there is many 2.0 adapter which would probably restrict speed.

I can check my adapter if you wish.

if that Asrock motherboard have m.2 4x 3.0 pcie on itself, again, check how much DMI can handle data flow. that 960 PRO is super fast and maybe DMI can be restriction, but with adapter you can bypass it.

 

[Nike_101]

I have Broadwell 5775C which is 1150 socket. and I have 950 PRO 512GB (which is 4x 3.0 pcie lanes)

my motherboard have m.2 slot but 2x 2.0 pcie lanes. I have ordered pcie adapter and put it in 3.0 pcie slot on motherboard, with that ssd, and it is working fine.

you must use 3.0 adapter, there is many 2.0 adapter which would probably restrict speed.

I can check my adapter if you wish.

if that Asrock motherboard have m.2 4x 3.0 pcie on itself, again, check how much DMI can handle data flow. that 960 PRO is super fast and maybe DMI can be restriction, but with adapter you can bypass it.

The asrock im looking to buy has a ultra m.2 socket 32gb/s pcie gen3 x4. so i would be good. but i dont know if its compatible since the 960 evo is a new ssd. Is the 960 a generation 3 ssd?

 

[honey2015]

as I read somewhere it is newer NVME than 950 PRO. I would like to help, also because tomorrow maybe I will also need bigger 960 PRO, but I do not know. maybe BIOS updates will help with that? but somebody with more knoweledge should say.

 

[zetruz]

Hello, I am going to pre-order the SSD 960 EVO NVMe M.2 250GB. ( http://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/ssd-960-evo-m-2-250gb-mz-v6e250bw/?cid=pla-ecom-mul-27,000,002 )

I need a 1150 socket motherboard. I'm thinking of buying the http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97%20Extreme6/?cat=Specifications

Will that motherboard be compatible with the SSD? Also please share suggestions if you know a better motherboard for that SSD that fits the 1150 socket.

The BIOS download page - http://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/z97%20extreme6/?cat=Download&os=BIOS - specifically states that it supports NVMe. It should work, though you might have to update the BIOS before you can boot from the drive.

 

[Alan Hudson]

Hey zetruz,

Am thinking of buying that ssd for mine, did it workout for you in the end? Was the ssd compatible with your ultra m.2 slot or did you have to settle with the slower pcie gen 3 x2 slot?

cheers

 

[zetruz]

Hey zetruz,

Am thinking of buying that ssd for mine, did it workout for you in the end? Was the ssd compatible with your ultra m.2 slot or did you have to settle with the slower pcie gen 3 x2 slot?

cheers

I haven't purchased one. NVMe drives turned out not to give much benefit most of the time due to most things being CPU limited. Maybe I'll upgrade in the future, but current SSD prices are silly and I'd be placing it in a PCIe 2.0 x2 slot for just double the throughput of SATA, so it'd be an absolutely terrible deal for me.