Does Asus ROG B350-f supports Samsung 960 evo SSD ?

[mt5navy]

Hi, i am currently using asus rog b350-f motherboard and i am going to upgrade my SSD to samsung 960 evo. However i am not sure whether my motherboard supports it or not.

From the specs given from the rog web stated as below :

"AMD Ryzen™ Processors : 
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support (SATA & PCIE 3.0 x 4 mode)*⁵
2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), "

[NelizMastr]

The 960 Evo is a PCIe NVME drive. 

9 minutes ago, mt5navy said:

1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support (SATA & PCIE 3.0 x 4 mode)*⁵
 

There's the answer  

 

Granted you have a Ryzen CPU and not some low scum A-series.

[mt5navy]

But i tried to check from the BIOS under SATA mode, it only gives me AHCI & RAID option. Does it still support NVMe ?  

[kb5zue]

NVME is just the type of socket it uses on the mobo if I understand correctly.  Then the 2242/2260/2280/22110 numbers denote the physical size of the board.  That's what the different little screw holes in the mobo are for.  They are mounting holes to hold down your NVME board.  Naturally the 2242 is the shortest of any boards that would fit and then the larger numbers denote physically longer boards.

[JaegerB]

1 minute ago, kb5zue said:

NVME is just the type of socket it uses on the mobo if I understand correctly.  Then the 2242/2260/2280/22110 numbers denote the physical size of the board.  That's what the different little screw holes in the mobo are for.  They are mounting holes to hold down your NVME board.  Naturally the 2242 is the shortest of any boards that would fit and then the larger numbers denote physically longer boards.

Do you mean m.2? NVME is the kind of memory it uses, Non Volatile Memory. 

[Spork750]

In the simplest words possible. The answer is yes. If you are still unsure, go to a store like Fry's and they will show you a physical example so you can understand.

 

[Guest]

it should be supported. As far as i know, this mobo supports NVMe.

[kb5zue]

9 minutes ago, JaegerB said:

Do you mean m.2? NVME is the kind of memory it uses, Non Volatile Memory. 

Yes, sorry about the confusion.  Been a long day/night here and still got to reset all the clocks because of Daylight Savings.

[mt5navy]

Can the samsung 960 evo NVMe SSD used as a boot drive on the ASUS ROG Strix B350-f motherboard ? 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, mt5navy said:

Can the samsung 960 evo NVMe SSD used as a boot drive on the ASUS ROG Strix B350-f motherboard ? 

Yeah, of course. 

[visionary]

Yes. But one thing is that for some reason in my case the BIOS did not detect the drive until you install Windows on it for some reason. I had to have only the m.2 drive in (no SATA SSD while installing otherwise it would not detect it.) when I booted my Windows 10 USB Thumb drive. Afterward installation it appeared in the boot menu in the BIOS. In case anyone has any issues try recreating what I did and it should work.

 

Also upon the recommendation of the Samsung driver from another post in this forum: If you are using the Samsung Evo/Evo Plus line by using the Microsoft drivers it actually removes the "energy efficiency" and gives you the full punch this drive packs and makes it more on par with the more expensive Pro. (I am unsure if this works the same way with the Pro line if anyone has a Pro that they can test this out with that would be great.)