Well recently last Christmas i upgraded from "Me ole mechanical hard drive" (just a wd500gb) to a M.2 Crucial 525gb SSD . Well that doesnt seem so bad right ?? . (plot thickens), i made sure my motherboard was capable and had the slot (A beginner mistake i didn't want to happen). i mean everythings all good . 3 months in and its fine... but... just now thinking am i even getting any performance boost? i have a Fx-6300 cpu and 12GB of 1333 Ram. can my motherboard even use it right ? i have a Msi 970A Gamin Pro Carbon motherboard. I guess what im trying to say is even though its a new board and has the M.2 slot, does my computer even use the M.2 drive to its potential?