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Samsung Announces the 950 PRO Consumer M.2 PCIe SSD

Thats how the should make the M.2 drives PCB, in black color, so it can match with the color scheme of the mboard, green is soooooo 90's. Sadly being black PCB would give them a reason to charge a premium for that. Also would be great if there was 120GB options and reasonably priced.
 
Damnit, I'd have to upgrade my PC first if I want this.
Or is there a way to plug it in regular PCIe slot with some sort of adapter?
 
Octopuss said:
Damnit, I'd have to upgrade my PC first if I want this.
Or is there a way to plug it in regular PCIe slot with some sort of adapter?
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Yes you can plug it into regular PCIe slot with some sort of adapter, however I can't promise it will work because of the NVMe thing if your motherboard does not have it. It may require firmware/UEFI update.

http://www.techpowerup.com/211822/a...ts-z97-and-x99-motherboards-support-nvme.html

HOWEVER, there are also fast AHCI similiar OEM products from Samsung:
Search for MZHPV (NVMe versions start with MZVPV ... and are in some situations 10-20% faster). AHCI versions for example:
https://www.caseking.de/search?sSearch=mzhpv

also there may be some bundles available depending of seller (covers your PCIe slot problem):
https://www.caseking.de/search?sSearch=king+kit+sm951
 
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I'm back to Z97 now, so this is too fast for me atm.. I will probably get one when going Broadwell-E, hope prices will drop even more by that time.
 
As far as I can see this should just work on a z97 motherboard. You will need an adapter though.
The NVMe protocol they are using is the same intel uses in there PCIe based ssd's discribed in this post.

http://www.gigabyte.com/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1358

Also at the bottom of the post is a small compatibility table.

So if you have one of those motherboards with the right bios update, an adapter and the 950 pro when it comes out you should be good to go or am I missing something?
 
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Hoidaar said:
As far as I can see this should just work on a z97 motherboard. You will need an adapter though.
The NVMe protocol they are using is the same intel uses in there PCIe based ssd's discribed in this post.

http://www.gigabyte.com/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1358

Also at the bottom of the post is a small compatibility table.

So if you have one of those motherboards with the right bios update, an adapter and the 950 pro when it comes out you should be good to go or am I missing something?
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It's not about the adaptor, it's about free lanes.
 
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