Will a PCIe 3.1 SSD work with a PCIe 3.0 motherboard?

[TheMinecraftNerd]

I am going to purchase an SSD for my Gaming Computer, but the connectivity interface it uses is PCIe 3.1 x4 with NVMe. The motherboard I am using(Asus Rog Zenith Extreme) does not seem to have any PCIe 3.1 interfaces, only PCIe 3.0 and 2.0 interfaces.

Will I be able to use this kind of SSD with the Motherboard?

EDIT: The SSD I am talking about is an Intel SSDPE2KE016T701 DC P4600 1.6TB, if that helps.

 

[Paul NZ]

According to the site

2 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key design, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support (Supports both SATA & PCIE SSD)*2

1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (both SATA & PCIE mode)

1 x U.2 port*3

1. The PCIE_X8/x4_4 slot shares bandwidth with U.2. In 4-Way configuration, if the PCIE_X8/x4_4 is used in x8 mode, U.2 port will be disabled.

2. ROG DIMM.2 Card supports 2 x M.2 SSDs.

3. U.2 Shares bandwidth with the PCIE_X8/x4_4 slot.

 

[rgd1101]

3.1 ssd? what is the make and model of the ssd?

 

[TheMinecraftNerd]

3.1 ssd? what is the make and model of the ssd?

It's an Intel SSDPE2KE016T701 DC P4600 1.6TB

 

[TJ Hooker]

Every other version of PCIe is forward/backward compatible. I've never seen PCIe 3.1 before, but I don't know why it'd be any different.

 

[bart877ie]

hi
looks like I am having difficulties with such setup. Officially my laptop supports only M.2 SSD 2280 SATA. However, I got my hands on Toshiba XGT3 series NVMe 512GB PCI 3.1 (THNSN5512GPUK) On Acer community I have found users that claim to use this drive without any issues, it works half the speed, but is still faster than any SSD on SATA.
My laptop is Acer F5-573G-53WL on latest hydrogen BIOS 1.27 and Windows release 16299 v 1709 - Fall creators Update, running on i5-7200, +8GB-RAM. BIOS is set in UEFI with secure boot enabled. Also, my SSD is set as the first drive to boot from. However the Windows boot time is like 80 seconds. Al I can see is the Green Acer logo and nothing else. Once this is gone the system just loads to Windows in less than 10 seconds.
Also if I go to msinfo32 BIOS MODE is UEFI and boot device is \device\harddiskVolume4 and my board is on SMBIOS 3.0
Benchmarks for the drive are in flying colors read and write speed is in the region of 1268.76mb/s and 1081.51mb/s and 4k-64 Thrd is 1079.39mbs and 447.63 mbs.
I have no yellow bangs/device conflicts under device manager. Weird thing is that under storage controller TAB, the controller for Toshiba is displayed 4 times. (none of it can be disabled).
Once the laptop is on it performs blazingly fast, no issues, BSOD's or slowdowns. Moving big video files is just pore smoothness.
However the issue with booting drives me nuts, also when powering off the laptop, it takes a long time to completely switch off or I need to press the physical button to end as it looks like the machine is hibernated, rather than switched off.
To finalize, all AHCI and SATA drivers are fully up to date. Just losing my nights of sleep here, I am not bad with IT and have never encountered something that complicated to resolve.

 

[maxima120]

...However the issue with booting drives me nuts, also when powering off the laptop, it takes a long time to completely switch off or I need to press the physical button to end as it looks like the machine is hibernated, rather than switched off.
To finalize, all AHCI and SATA drivers are fully up to date. Just losing my nights of sleep here, I am not bad with IT and have never encountered something that complicated to resolve.

have you resolved this? I just bought PCIe 3.1 SSD (Intel DC P4510) to replace old SSD on PCIe 3.0 mobo (Asus ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA). And the system doesn't even POST. Powers up and stay silent and dark...

 

[maxima120]

According to the site

2 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key design, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support (Supports both SATA & PCIE SSD)*2

1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (both SATA & PCIE mode)

1 x U.2 port*3

1. The PCIE_X8/x4_4 slot shares bandwidth with U.2. In 4-Way configuration, if the PCIE_X8/x4_4 is used in x8 mode, U.2 port will be disabled.

2. ROG DIMM.2 Card supports 2 x M.2 SSDs.

3. U.2 Shares bandwidth with the PCIE_X8/x4_4 slot.

Um.. what does it all mean? Will 3.1 SSD work with 3.0 motherboard or not?

 

[MythTW]

According to the site

2 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key design, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support (Supports both SATA & PCIE SSD)*2

1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (both SATA & PCIE mode)

1 x U.2 port*3

1. The PCIE_X8/x4_4 slot shares bandwidth with U.2. In 4-Way configuration, if the PCIE_X8/x4_4 is used in x8 mode, U.2 port will be disabled.

2. ROG DIMM.2 Card supports 2 x M.2 SSDs.

3. U.2 Shares bandwidth with the PCIE_X8/x4_4 slot.

I have the same question. X79 motherboard with PCIe 3.0, however, new Intel SSD NVMe are all specified as NVMe 3.1*4

However, this "best answer" does not answer the question...

does PCIe 3.1*4 NVMe SSD work on PCIe 3.0*4 slot?

 

[TJ Hooker]

BIOS on an X79 board may be too old to include NVMe drivers. If that's the case it would mean you can't use the NVMe drive as a boot drive, although you could still use it as a secondary drive.

 

[maxima120]

BIOS on an X79 board may be too old to include NVMe drivers. If that's the case it would mean you can't use the NVMe drive as a boot drive, although you could still use it as a secondary drive.

so the concern is NVMe not PCIe version? I have NVMe PCI3.0 which is working fine. Once I replace it with NMVe PCI3.1 it stops working (machine doesn't POST).

 

[TJ Hooker]

Hmm, no if you have a PCIe 3.0 drive that's working fine then I don't know why a PCIe 3.1 drive wouldn't. Is your BIOS up to date?