Can I put pci-e 3/nvme v1.2 m.2 drives into a pci-e 4 or 5 slot?

[eddiew]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I'm a bit out of the loop on m.2 storage compatibility. I'd know the answer with old school sata drives

Long version
I'm planning on picking up a Ryzen 7 and AM5 (possibly an Asus Gene) when they launch, which will come with pci-e v4 and v5 m.2 sockets.

My current board has pci-e v3 sockets. Both drives are Samsungs (960 Pro and 970 Evo), which are nvme 1.2 and 1.3 respectively, and both pci-e v3.

I've no desire to swap them unless I have to because they are already faster than I can make full use of and have over 90% life remaining.

Am good to go, or should I plan on a new drive to replace them due to socket changes...?

Thanks!

 

[eddiew]

That's completely fine. I have the 970 as well and it's running in a PCIe 4 m2 slot without any issues. PCIe is backwards compatible and will fall to whatever is slower, the host or device.

Good stuff, thanks for confirming