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Intel 750 SSD on Ryzen

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I am going to build a new PC over the summer and wanted to know if anyone knew anything about NVMe drive compatibility.

 

I currently have an Intel 750 series SSD in my PC, but I can't boot to it because my fx-4300 board has no NVMe support.

 

Would the 750 series work in a Ryzen build as a boot SSD?

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The new boards should all ship with the appropriate NVMe firmware module already installed.  You could probably retrofit the module to your fx4300 board as well, if you are a decent BIOS hacker.

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NVME boot support is more about the OS and less so about the motherboard, more or less. As some measure of proof, this web page tested the 750 Series on an 990FX board: https://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Intel-SSD-750-Series-PCIe-Compatibility-Tested

 

In other words, with a compatible OS and a M.2 to PCIe adapter, you should be able to use an NVME drive on any PCIe motherboard. At least that's the theory.

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Yes it should, but unless you're doing video editing or any other things that require large file transfers I don't recommend getting an nvme drive. Tests have shown that in booting up and loading games/applications theres is basically no difference between a decent SATA SSD and a high end nvme drive. So unless you're video editing or something, there's no point in anything more than an 850 evo.

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Thanks guys! This was a really big help!

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