Nvme M.2 SSD on a Asus z97 Motherboard

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Does anyone know if Samsung 950 Nvme drives work (albeit at a reduced rate) on a z97?

Seems a shame to continue investing in SATA SSDs, when I can take advantage of the speed bum when I next upgrade.
 
I think you'll have to check your motherboard user guide/manual my lowly Z97-A supports M.2 2260/2280 M-key though you have to enable it in the BIOS. However it doesn't mention NVMe by name although all M-key only are NVMe apparently (M.2 SATA are M+B key i.e. two notches in the edge connector instead of one)

I suspect the only way to be 100% certain is plug one in and see. Worst case scenario should be it'll recognise it and run albeit at the slower SATA speed, assuming you have the same socket.
 
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I have the pro gamer board and a nvme drive works and there is a setting in my bios that changes it from sata to pcie gen 3 but haven't done any tests to confirm speeds. I have a rx570 gpu so don't think I will be getting full speed (rated at 3000mbps).
 
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