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Gen 4 NVME in a Gen 3 slot (MSI GE76 Raider)

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20 minutes ago, Joe Bauers said:

Is it true a gen 4 will run at max gen 3 speeds?

Yes, and this should be the only drawback.

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There are 2 nvme slots in the MSI laptop.  OS is on the gen 4 and there is an empty gen 3 slot.  Amazon is out of Crucial P3 2TB nvmes and oddly the gen 4 P3 Plus is cheaper and available.

 

Is it true a gen 4 will run at max gen 3 speeds?  Would there be any drawbacks to running gen 4 in a gen 3 slot?   

 

I'm leaning towards Crucial BTW because it appears to be MSI's OEM. Do you recommend any better options?  I'm staying away from Samsung because of supposed early wear issues with their memory.

 

Also upgrading the 16GB ram to (2x32GB) DDR4 3200MHz

 

Any recommendations?

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20 minutes ago, Joe Bauers said:

Is it true a gen 4 will run at max gen 3 speeds?

Yes, and this should be the only drawback.

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Should be backwards compatible.

Main Rig:

Ryzen 5800x, ASUS Crosshair Hero VII Wi-Fi, 32gb of Corsair Vengence Pro SL 3600 CL18, MSI Ventus 2 OC RTX 3060 12gb, Corsair H115i Pro AIO cooler, Soundblaster AE-7, Beyerdynamic DT 990 Edition 600 Ohm headphones, Creative Giga Speakers, 1tb ADATA SX8200 NVME SSD, 1tb Intel 665P NVME SSD, 500gb Samsung 850 EVO SATA SSD, 8tb WB Black SATA HDD, LG SATA Blue Ray Drive, Corsair CX850M PSU, Coolermaster Stryker case, ROG ARGB strips, China ARGB fans, China ARGB SSD heat sink. 🤣

 

HTPC:

Erying 11800 ES CPU/Mobo combo, 32GB of Corsair LPX 3200 CL16, Gigabyte 4060 8gb LP, Thermalright AXP90 full copper cooler, WD Black SN770 500gb NVME SSD, WD Black SN770 1tb NVME SSD, Crucial MX500 2tb SATA SSD, WD Blue 2tb SATA HDD, Pioneer Blu-Ray burner, Intel AX200 WiFi/Bluetooth, Seasonic 300w TFX PSU, Silverstone ML11 case. STILL NO RGB! 😭

 

Retro Gamer PC:

VIA C3 1000Mhz, VIA Epia PD-10000 LVDS, 1gb of Kingston DDR, PNY Geforce FX5500 128mb PCI, WD 80GB HDD, Random CD-ROM, Random 250w mini psu, Mini ITX case 🤣

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6 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Yes, and this should be the only drawback.

Running at max gen 3 speeds is fine with me!

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