[SOLVED] Will Intel PCIe SSD SSDPEDME016T4P work on Asus P9X79 WS motherboard ?

[Fantastical]

Hello Guys,
i do not have any experience in using PCIe SSD and as i googled u can install windows on them if you have EUFI bios.

My mobo is Asus P9X79 WS and if i get an intel SSD DC P3600 Series SSDPEDME016T4P will be it possible to install Windows on this and if yes which slot of PCIe should i use? 1 slot is occupied by GPU itself and I have 5 more free PCIe slots

 

[rgd1101]

doubt it on an ancient motherboard

 

[Bob.B]

Hello Guys,
i do not have any experience in using PCIe SSD and as i googled u can install windows on them if you have EUFI bios.

My mobo is Asus P9X79 WS and if i get an intel SSD DC P3600 Series SSDPEDME016T4P will be it possible to install Windows on this and if yes which slot of PCIe should i use? 1 slot is occupied by GPU itself and I have 5 more free PCIe slots

Keep it simple.
Install a sata 2.5 ssd.

 

[Fantastical]

doubt it on an ancient motherboard

Keep it simple.
Install a sata 2.5 ssd

that 1 i have

 

[Maxxify]

Booting from NVMe would require a BIOS mod. I think there's one out there for this board already done, though.

 

[USAFRet]

Since it lacks a native M.2 port, why bother?

Just use SATA III SSDs, and move on.

What is this system used for?
You'd not see any magical difference, even after modding the BIOS to enable booting (if it even works).

 

[Fantastical]

Booting from NVMe would require a BIOS mod. I think there's one out there for this board already done, though.

Will google it, but mostly i`m avoiding any custom thing that arenot from manufacturer

Since it lacks a native M.2 port, why bother?

Just use SATA III SSDs, and move on.

What is this system used for?
You'd not see any magical difference, even after modding the BIOS to enable booting (if it even works).

sata is max 600mb and that intel ssd says 2700mb, also price is low for 1.6 tb
my current ssd is some china brand with the speed bellow, i think it will be much better then this one:

not used for anything special, but need to add storage and after searching ebay i came up to that PCIe ssd.

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booting from sata ssd and using that PCIe ssd as addition storage will be solution then if i do not get to boot from it.
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and 1 more question :
that ssd is PCIe x4 and my mobo donot have x4, all are x16 and in general PCIe x4 devices do works in PCIe x16 slots?

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, I am well aware of the 'speed' differences between SATA drives and NVMe drives.

I have 6x SSDs in my current system. 2x NVMe, and 4x SATA III.
PCIe 4.0, Samsung 980 Pro as the OS drive.

In daily use, it is actually hard to tell the difference.

The only time you'd really see any difference is copying large blocks of data between 2x fast NVMe drives.

Get the NVMe for secondary storage if you must.
Don't bother with all the trials and tribulations of trying to boot from it.

 

[USAFRet]

that ssd is PCIe x4 and my mobo donot have x4, all are x16 and in general PCIe x4 devices do works in PCIe x16 slots?

That depends on the adapter in question, but probably yes.

 

[thestryker]

and 1 more question :
that ssd is PCIe x4 and my mobo donot have x4, all are x16 and in general PCIe x4 devices do works in PCIe x16 slots?

The white PCIe slots are x4 despite the slot themselves being full sized though it shouldn't really matter either way.

Barring the PCIe storage being cheaper than SATA you should ask yourself why you want it instead. There are plenty of use cases that can take advantage of it, but you should make sure yours are actually one of them.

 

[Maxxify]

Will google it, but mostly i`m avoiding any custom thing that arenot from manufacturer

The "software" workaround would be to use a bootloader like Clover EFI. There's a thorough post on Reddit with instructions on that. Otherwise, you can use an AHCI PCIe SSD or preferably one with an option ROM (OROM). The most well-known is the Samsung 950 PRO which can boot AHCI or NVMe. Its OEM counterpart, the SM951, doesn't do this but has both AHCI and NVMe models. There are still benefits to a PCIe drive using AHCI, some obvious (bandwidth), but you do not get the full NVMe benefits. The Intel P3600 is NVMe.

 

[Fantastical]

Yes, I am well aware of the 'speed' differences between SATA drives and NVMe drives.

I have 6x SSDs in my current system. 2x NVMe, and 4x SATA III.
PCIe 4.0, Samsung 980 Pro as the OS drive.

In daily use, it is actually hard to tell the difference.

The only time you'd really see any difference is copying large blocks of data between 2x fast NVMe drives.

Get the NVMe for secondary storage if you must.
Don't bother with all the trials and tribulations of trying to boot from it.

thank you

The white PCIe slots are x4 despite the slot themselves being full sized though it shouldn't really matter either way.

thank you

Barring the PCIe storage being cheaper than SATA you should ask yourself why you want it instead. There are plenty of use cases that can take advantage of it, but you should make sure yours are actually one of them.

sorry, I`m not native English speaker and couldn't understand what this means.

The "software" workaround would be to use a bootloader like Clover EFI. There's a thorough post on Reddit with instructions on that. Otherwise, you can use an AHCI PCIe SSD or preferably one with an option ROM (OROM). The most well-known is the Samsung 950 PRO which can boot AHCI or NVMe. Its OEM counterpart, the SM951, doesn't do this but has both AHCI and NVMe models. There are still benefits to a PCIe drive using AHCI, some obvious (bandwidth), but you do not get the full NVMe benefits. The Intel P3600 is NVMe.

thanks for answer, but if it not works by default i will just avoid doing anything in bios.

 

[thestryker]

sorry, I`m not native English speaker and couldn't understand what this means.

Do you have a specific thing you're doing that can take advantage of NVMe performance? If not you should just get whatever SSD is cheapest.

 

[Fantastical]

Do you have a specific thing you're doing that can take advantage of NVMe performance? If not you should just get whatever SSD is cheapest.

ya now all clear 😀, nothing special, daily use and a little playin 2-3h max in a week.
it is 65$ for 1.6 tb on ebay, will make a bit more searching but if there will not be some reasonable differences with normal sata ssd`s i will go for this one.
thank you