Are SSDs dependent on other components?

ironic_lettuce · 12 Apr 2019 at 15:50

I came here for advice not long ago when asking about a new graphics card and processor, and discovered that to get the ones I wanted I'd also need a new motherboard. With all the advice I got from here, I bought the things I needed but I'd also like to get a solid state drive rather than the HD I have now. But I was wondering - are SSDs also reliant on being compatible with a motherboard as well?

The motherboard I'm going to have installed is an MSI B450M Pro-VDH. The SSD I was looking at getting is a Crucial MX500 1TB SSD. Will these be compatible with each other?

JR1 · 12 Apr 2019 at 18:57

Hi ironic...

Yes. The Crucial MX500 is a SATA 3 drive and requires a SATA port (SATA 3 to run at its best). So you are good to go.

Regds, JR

p.s. the MX500 is an excellent SSD. I have an MX500 as the boot drive in my Lenovo T450s laptop

mattyfez · 12 Apr 2019 at 18:58

Yes it just plugs in, in the same way as a hard drive.

ironic_lettuce · 12 Apr 2019 at 19:14

Thanks guys! JR1 - it was on a thread here I saw it recommended so I knew it must be good!

d_brennen · 12 Apr 2019 at 19:25

Your board also has an M.2 slot if you don't want a 2.5" drive in the case too

JR1 · 12 Apr 2019 at 21:59

d_breenen makes a good point, the MX500 is an excellent SSD and excellent value for money but you could get a super fast NVMe drive like the Samsung 970 EVO and put it into your mobo's M.2 NVMe slot

Regds, JR

ironic_lettuce · 12 Apr 2019 at 23:05

Ah, thanks again. The samsung one isn't much more expensive than the Crucial one, so think I'll go for that one instead

darael · 13 Apr 2019 at 10:08

I've been loving my Samsung 970 EVO Plus ever since it arrived about a month ago. You won't go far wrong with a Samsung SSD, press the buy button.