SAMSUNG: WARP SPEED CAPTAIN, ENGAGE!!!!

D3K · 7 Jun 2015 at 00:11

.:SAmSuNG:. said:
Well with mine on my MSI Z97M i was getting read and writes around 750mbs using the m.2 slot with the 250GB SSD. I since got a PCI-E add in card and stuck it in that which gives 1750mbs read and 1250mbs write.

Sexy. I'm feeling the lure...

Perfect_Chaos said:
Are these 140,000 IOPS or below 100,000 ? If below then not much point for me, would need something a ton faster over my 840 pro to be worth it especially if a big difference in loading games.. TBH probably don't even need it, i shouldn't be looking

If you want faster loads then you're probably better buying another (and cheaper) 840 and RAIDing them

Sjdeany · 9 Jun 2015 at 11:10

Got one of these the other day and its super fast!

Not sure if it was already mentioned but I had a right job installing windows on this.

You have to install it in UEFI mode from a bootable USB took me ages to get it to work first time I've had a drive like this.

I followed this guide > https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthre...xtreme-M-2-Setup-And-Windows-Installation-FAQ

Windows 7 went on no problem.

Cheers.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 9 Jun 2015 at 11:33

I had no problems installing w10 in uefi following a guide.

spiralz · 11 Jun 2015 at 20:00

Using a 256gb on a ROG R5E board (x99) and very happy so far

Install wasn't exactly straight forward but not too bad once i had read a guide on uefi install using a usb 3 bootable stick

windows 8.1 installed in 4 mins

coming from a evo 840 500gb i can say the difference isn't night and day like my first ssd was but it has definitely given everything a nice boost.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 11 Jun 2015 at 20:10

Yep totally agree. Its not like going from a HDD to SSD but its a nice step forward.

kyleen · 15 Jun 2015 at 14:13

nice price

Greebo · 15 Jun 2015 at 16:57

.:SAmSuNG:. said:
Well with mine on my MSI Z97M i was getting read and writes around 750mbs using the m.2 slot with the 250GB SSD. I since got a PCI-E add in card and stuck it in that which gives 1750mbs read and 1250mbs write.

You got it to work as a boot drive okay using a card then?

.:SAmSuNG:. · 15 Jun 2015 at 19:55

Yup can be abit moody if I switch between booting from that and my sata drive which means a reset of cmos but as soon as w10 is out properly I will only be using the m.2 so won't be a problem.

BOFH · 17 Jun 2015 at 17:18

Did OC ever get any PCI adapters in for these, clicked the link and get product not found

Thanks

delpy8 · 6 Jul 2015 at 15:56

Hi all
Has anyone tried cloning say a 500gb ssd over to one of these?
If so is it straight forward or am I better doing a fresh install

ED209 · 6 Jul 2015 at 16:11

delpy8 said:
Hi all
Has anyone tried cloning say a 500gb ssd over to one of these?
If so is it straight forward or am I better doing a fresh install

I would always do a fresh install of any HDD or SSD.

don't know if this will work but a guide to clone them here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18576917

mattmos · 6 Jul 2015 at 16:42

Edit: Didn't read the first page, please ignore.

delpy8 · 6 Jul 2015 at 18:53

ED209 said:
I would always do a fresh install of any HDD or SSD.

don't know if this will work but a guide to clone them here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18576917

Thanks

Matd80 · 6 Jul 2015 at 19:22

Will this work in an intel nuc i7 that is out/due out shortly?

Cheers

arcon33 · 7 Jul 2015 at 08:00

Will this be fine in my Asus z97i-plus? it says the m.2 slot type is type 3 but what will I get performance wise with the pcie lanes etc? and will it be okay as a boot drive (windows 10)

Grumbledook · 7 Jul 2015 at 10:44

According to the product page https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/Z97IPLUS/

The m.2 slot is capable up to 10Gb/s and not 32Gb/s so looks like it's using the 2nd gen PCIe slots from the PCH which is slower, so you wouldn't get max speed on that motherboard.

I think only x99 boards have the faster slots right now, usually marked ultra m.2 (turbo or other names currently appear to usually be the slower slots). I think asrock might make a z97 board with an ultra m.2 but I'd have to double check to be certain.

arcon33 · 7 Jul 2015 at 14:39

Grumbledook said:
According to the product page https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/Z97IPLUS/

The m.2 slot is capable up to 10Gb/s and not 32Gb/s so looks like it's using the 2nd gen PCIe slots from the PCH which is slower, so you wouldn't get max speed on that motherboard.

I think only x99 boards have the faster slots right now, usually marked ultra m.2 (turbo or other names currently appear to usually be the slower slots). I think asrock might make a z97 board with an ultra m.2 but I'd have to double check to be certain.

Yeah I thought so, still might get one as it will be faster than my ocz ssds I have already, I'll use them for storage and the m.2 for window's 10 and steam

mmacarthur · 7 Jul 2015 at 14:41

Grumbledook said:
According to the product page https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/Z97IPLUS/... I think asrock might make a z97 board with an ultra m.2 but I'd have to double check to be certain.

They do the ASRock Mod 1150 Z97 Extreme6 ATX Motherboard, it has two M.2 slots on the board one of which is Ultra. (I really wish a mATX version of this board existed with just a single Ultra M.2 slot)

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