M.2 for my board.

KateB

KateB

KateB

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Hi all.



I have a 4 year old motherboard, a socket 1151 that I want to add an M.2 SSD or 2 to it. The specs for my board state "2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA & PCIe x4/x2/x1 SSD support)"



My question is will all M.2 drives sold here fit and work with my motherboard or are there any restrictions, size, sockets, newer technology e.t.c



Also any recommendations? Here's my board in case you need further information. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z170X-Gaming-3-EU-rev-10#ov



Thank you.
 
I linked it in my original post but it's this: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z170X-Gaming-3-EU-rev-10#ov

It does say "Dual PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 Connectors with up to 32Gb/s Data Transfer (PCIe NVMe & SATA SSD support)"

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"Dual PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 With two PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 connectors onboard, GIGABYTE brings to the user PCI-Express connectivity for SSD devices. Delivering up to 32 Gb/s data transfer speed per connector, the dual M.2 provides an ideal storage solution as it also supports RAID modes."
 
Vimes said:
Guessing that you "need" the NVME over that of an SSD. An SSD 2.5"drive is a little cheaper, and again in most peoples usage very little difference would be noticed.
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I don't need an NVME, what I want is the fastest drive I can get for games.

I already have a small 256GB SSD that I use for Windows but I keep adding games to it and filling it up quickly so I just want to leave the 256GB SSD for Windows and have the fastest drive I can buy for just games.

Thank you everyone for your thoughts, it's been really helpful.
 
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