Will the PCIe Plextor M9PeY run on my mobo?

[magicalotter]

Hey! I have a MSI H81M-P32L motherboard and I wanna know if the Plextor M9PeY Series 256GB PCIe NVMe RGB Solid State Drive will work on my PC?
On this website I wanna buy it from it says something about using Gen3x4 technology but on my motherboard manual it says my PCIe slots are Gen 2.

Here is an image of the website saying it (circled it in red):

And here is an image of my motherboard's specifications (circled it in red):

So I am not sure if this matters or what.
Can you guys please tell me? Thank you for your time!~

 

[jay32267]

The "gereration" is the same as the "version".

Generation 2 is the same as PCIe 2.0.
Generation 3 is the same as PCIe 3.0 etc.

PCIe slots are generally backwards compatible in that a card that is 3.0 will work in a 2.0 slot.

So I would imagine that the drive would work in your PCIe 2.0 slot.

....but I said "in general".....so it wouldn't hurt to contact them and ask them.

 

[Peter Martin]

it will work in that old slot, HOWEVER, don't you even expect the same performance numbers a Gen3x4 would yeild, they will be significantly lower. you may be able to live with it, try it out, or get a newer mobo

 

[USAFRet]

It will probably plug in and run.

However, with an H81 board, it won't boot from that drive, and it will not run at its full speed.

That drive in that motherboard is pretty much a waste of money.
A regular 2.5" SATA III SSD would be better.

 

[Peter Martin]

agree, waste of money, get a new mobo if you want to boot that thing, which is what I would want to do. you would be better off with SATA3 SSDs

 

[magicalotter]

Thank you so much for everyone responding! It was very helpful!

It will probably plug in and run.

However, with an H81 board, it won't boot from that drive, and it will not run at its full speed.

That drive in that motherboard is pretty much a waste of money.
A regular 2.5" SATA III SSD would be better.

agree, waste of money, get a new mobo if you want to boot that thing, which is what I would want to do. you would be better off with SATA3 SSDs

I am not the most tech savvy person but why exactly won't it boot up with the Plexator? I was actually planning on getting a regular 2.5" SATA III SSD before this but I was thinking if I can get the Plexator and later on just get a better mobo then I can just reuse it on there and get those amazing speeds. But if the Plexator won't boot up as my main OS SSD then yeah that won't work. So the 2.5" SATA III SSD will boot up, correct?

 

[USAFRet]

I am not the most tech savvy person but why exactly won't it boot up with the Plexator? I was actually planning on getting a regular 2.5" SATA III SSD before this but I was thinking if I can get the Plexator and later on just get a better mobo then I can just reuse it on there and get those amazing speeds. But if the Plexator won't boot up as my main OS SSD then yeah that won't work. So the 2.5" SATA III SSD will boot up, correct?

Motherboards of that vintage generally won't boot up from a drive in a PCIe slot.
They came out before those drives, and as such don't really know what to do with them.

Same as a motherboard sold today might not know what to do with a new unknown tech drive and connection type that won't exist for another 5 years.

And, that drive will only be running at ~1/2 speed.
Wait until you have a system that can actually utilize that drive to its full potential. And by then, that type drive will be cheaper per GB than what you buy today.

A regular 2.5" SATA III SSD will work just fine.
Samsung 860 EVO, for instance.

 

[magicalotter]

Motherboards of that vintage generally won't boot up from a drive in a PCIe slot.
They came out before those drives, and as such don't really know what to do with them.

Same as a motherboard sold today might not know what to do with a new unknown tech drive and connection type that won't exist for another 5 years.

And, that drive will only be running at ~1/2 speed.
Wait until you have a system that can actually utilize that drive to its full potential. And by then, that type drive will be cheaper per GB than what you buy today.

A regular 2.5" SATA III SSD will work just fine.
Samsung 860 EVO, for instance.

Alright, that's exactly what I wanted to hear! Thank you so much! ^_^