Samsung 960 Pro SSD Compatable with MSI Z87-G45 Motherboard?

[thepieintheface]

I currently have the Z87 G45 Motherboard: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z87-G45-GAMING/Specification
The 960 Pro SSD is on sale in my area. I am wondering if it is compatable with my motherboard. If not, I have heard there are adapters for the 960 Pro, If I were to use one of these what speeds would I probably get? (I know if i did this I wouldnt be able to use it as a boot drive)

 

[rontonomo]

that mobo only looks like it supports msata drives not m.2 nvme, but if you bought a pcie adapter then it would work

the one in this link would work
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MYCQP38?tag=tinkertryamzn-20

 

[wildfire707]

It does not look like it. That motherboard has an mSATA port, not an M.2 port on it.

As you mentioned, it is possible to use a PCIE adapter card on it and if you set the motherboard to x8 / x4 / x4 mode for the three PCIE x16 slots then the adapter could run with all four lanes enabled at full speed. The most popular adapter I have seen recently is the ASUS HYPER M.2 X4 MINI CARD right now.

Good luck!

 

[USAFRet]

Depending on your specific usage, an NVMe drive may not be significantly 'faster' than a regular SATA III drive.

 

[thepieintheface]

It does not look like it. That motherboard has an mSATA port, not an M.2 port on it.

As you mentioned, it is possible to use a PCIE adapter card on it and if you set the motherboard to x8 / x4 / x4 mode for the three PCIE x16 slots then the adapter could run with all four lanes enabled at full speed. The most popular adapter I have seen recently is the ASUS HYPER M.2 X4 MINI CARD right now.

Good luck!

Thanks for the answer, just wondering how I would go about changing the motherboard to 8x 4x 4x, I was looking through the BIOS but couldnt find anything.

 

[wildfire707]

According the the MSI manual the slot behavior is automatic. PCI_E2 is the primary slot (the first x16 slot) and if you put something in the next x16 slot it will run in x8 / x8 / x0 mode. If all 3 PCIE x16 slots have stuff plugged into them, then it will run the first x16 at x8 and the other two in x4 mode.