[SOLVED] Which m.2 storage works with B550 Tomahawk?

[Pretzel12345]

Long story short, went from intel to AMD and got a new motherboard too, left everything the same. Windows was acting funny and my pc would freeze randomly.

specs:
Ryzen 7 3700x
MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk motherboard
GTX 1070 FTW
750 GOLD EVGA PSU
16 gb g.skill f4-2800c17d ram (not on motherboard QVL list)
500gb sata 3 ssd
1tb hdd

Done extensive troubleshooting (check my earlier posts on my page for a list) and I've brought it into a technician who also couldn't resolve the issue.

A few troubleshooting methods ive used to save you time:

1. half, then full windows reinstall
2. bios update
3. AMD chipset driver update
4. memory test, all good
5. etc...

Im beginning to just replace parts. My 5 year old SSD (although fully reinstalled windows) seems like a good start just so I can have a completely clean storage device that wouldn't have traces of intel drivers (I am also planning on getting compatible RAM but one thing at a time, were not rich here)

m.2 and nvme is a little past my storage knowledge, im not familiar with compatibility and speeds with them. My question is I know my motherboard can support 2x M.2 slots "lightning gen m.2" does that mean i can also hold nvme (which i believe speeds are faster)?

If so, could someone maybe pop a list of like 2-3 AMD compatible storage devices that work well with my motherboard?

All opinions are welcome!

 

[Dj0gany]

M.2 NVMe drives will work the same on both AMD and INTEL.
There isnt that big of a difference between a high quaility SATA drives like Samsung 860 EVO,and a m.2 970 EVO IN NORMAL DAILY USE.
There are some times when you could really see the difference between a m.2 and sata,but for a normal average gamer,who just games,watches videos,mby stream,you wouldnt feel a big difference.
Althought when there is a opportunity you should take it,so i say get a m.2 ssd,something like this.For windows and related programs 500GB should be enough for idk 5-6 years.

 

[USAFRet]

went from intel to AMD and got a new motherboard too, left everything the same. Windows was acting funny and my pc would freeze randomly.

This requires a full wipe and reinstall.

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What specific drive are you trying to install to?


Which M.2 NVMe?
Samsung 970 EVO
WD SN550
Crucial P2 or P5

 

[Pretzel12345]

This requires a full wipe and reinstall.

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What specific drive are you trying to install to?


Which M.2 NVMe?
Samsung 970 EVO
WD SN550
Crucial P2 or P5

So as mentioned previously, I did the half reinstall of Windows first, but as that did not work I did a complete wipe and reinstall of windows as well. And If I were to get m.2 nvme I would put the OS on there, I guess clone windows and set that all up then dump the old SSD. I haven't thought that far yet