SX 8200 and 970 EVO MoBo Compatibility

[Katarn]

I might be getting one or two (or if things get complicated one of each) of these two SSDs (SX 8200 512GB and 970 EVO 250GB).

 

I want to put one in my old i5 build, but I'm not sure if the motherboard could support it.

It is a "glass cannon" build with mid-range CPU/GPU and everything else being as low-cost as possible. So the motherboard is Biostar H110MGC. The information I find online is inconclusive.

 

So, will it support either of the two NVMe SSDs listed above, and would it be reasonable to put them in an i5 / 1060 6GB build?

 

Thanks

[TheBean]

what are you going to do on the pc? game? video editing? 

if you are just gaming, its not worth buying expensive drives for the extra speed. 

 

specs for the mobo show that it does not have m.2 slot. 

[Tan3l6]

9 minutes ago, Katarn said:

H110MGC.

That motherboard seems to not have a single M.2 slot.

 

[Katarn]

2 minutes ago, Saksham said:

what are you going to do on the pc? game? video editing? 

if you are just gaming, its not worth buying expensive drives for the extra speed. 

 

specs for the mobo show that it does not have m.2 slot. 

That's just the thing. Some sources show that it does support NVMe, others are silent on the matter.

 

I will be giving this PC to my father, and he intends to work in Blender 3D (creating 3D assets, animating, some rendering), and gaming. He might venture into texturing as well, which would require an image editing program like Photoshop, and maybe something like Corel Draw and Adobe Page Maker for some other projects.

[Katarn]

3 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

That motherboard seems to not have a single M.2 slot.

 

I saw your reply immediately after replying to Saksham. So what would you advise if it's 100% incompatible? Getting a new MoBo for that system too?

[Tan3l6]

Theoretically there are PCIe slot adapters for NVMe SSDs, but if the motherboard has no M.2 slots to begin with it might not be able to use those.

[TheBean]

you dont have to get m.2

if you really do, get pcie to m.2 adapter. 

Edited October 21, 2019 by Saksham

[Katarn]

Thank you for your replies @Saksham and @Tan3l6

I now know not to order two NVMe's right away.

 

Would you recommend me a good SATA SSD for that system?

 

Alternatively, what is the cheapest (and hopefully decent) motherboard that could support an NVMe with which I could replace the H110?

 

It is ok if that board requires a more recent CPU like the i5 8400 or the R5 2600. I'd be fine replacing the CPU as well.

This last one is just an idea, I don't think I will do it unless the replacement is reasonably priced for what it is, but I'm open to suggestions.

 

[TheBean]

14 hours ago, Katarn said:

Thank you for your replies @Saksham and @Tan3l6

I now know not to order two NVMe's right away.

 

Would you recommend me a good SATA SSD for that system?

 

Alternatively, what is the cheapest (and hopefully decent) motherboard that could support an NVMe with which I could replace the H110?

 

It is ok if that board requires a more recent CPU like the i5 8400 or the R5 2600. I'd be fine replacing the CPU as well.

This last one is just an idea, I don't think I will do it unless the replacement is reasonably priced for what it is, but I'm open to suggestions.

 

any sata ssd will work. samsung ones are expensive, but they are very reliable and good quality. for good budget option, i think the mx500 is decent. 

there isnt much speed difference because they are all limited by sata bandwidth. 

any modern mobo will support nvme. 

Edited October 22, 2019 by Saksham

[Zando_]

For SATA SSDs, the MX500 is killer value. I've been rocking... I think an MX300 in my mid-2012 MacBook Pro for over two years now without a single issue, they're excellent drives. The MX300 was the older version and fought the older 850 Evo, the MX500 fights the 860 Evo now. They're basically cheaper for the same performance.