Question Will a A 5000Mb/s Read Write M.2 Work To It's Fullest Speed On My System?

[Hypeman92]

I've been wanting to get this M.2 SSD for my PC:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09QV5KJHV/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1

Motherboard: MSI A320M-A Pro Max
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/A320M-A-PRO-MAX

GPU (adding this because I assume it matters since it's sharing bandwidth): GTX 1650 Super

I don't think I'll be able to reach the full speeds of this SSD, will I? If I can't reach the full speeds, what kind of speeds should I be looking for on the SSD that I buy?

Thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

No.
That is a PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD.

Your motherboard M.2 port is PCIe 3.0 x4
"Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 "

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/A320M-A-PRO-MAX/Specification


There is no reason to buy a 4.0 drive for a 3.0 port.

 

[Hypeman92]

No.
That is a PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD.

Your motherboard M.2 port is PCIe 3.0 x4
"Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 "

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/A320M-A-PRO-MAX/Specification


There is no reason to buy a 4.0 drive for a 3.0 port.

Gen 4 M.2's are backwards compatible though. So I'm mainly asking if you think I can reach those speeds. If not since I'm having a harder time finding gen3 M.2's on Amazon, it would probably just be worth getting a cheaper gen4, right?

 

[Bob.B]

I've been wanting to get this M.2 SSD for my PC:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09QV5KJHV/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1

Motherboard: MSI A320M-A Pro Max
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/A320M-A-PRO-MAX

GPU (adding this because I assume it matters since it's sharing bandwidth): GTX 1650 Super

I don't think I'll be able to reach the full speeds of this SSD, will I? If I can't reach the full speeds, what kind of speeds should I be looking for on the SSD that I buy?

Thanks!

Rough number......R/W>3000+/-

 

[USAFRet]

Gen 4 M.2's are backwards compatible though. So I'm mainly asking if you think I can reach those speeds. If not since I'm having a harder time finding gen3 M.2's on Amazon, it would probably just be worth getting a cheaper gen4, right?

Yes, backwards compatible.

It will only see PCIe 3.0 speed.

Samsung 970 EVO Plus
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S1T0B

 

[Hypeman92]

Rough number......R/W>3000+/-

Thank You!