Samsung evo 970 plus 2tb compatible with this list?

[anahone123]

Hello community,

 

I wanted to know if the samsung evo 970 plus 2tb is compatible and works good with the gigabyte b450m ds3h v2 with ryzen 5 3600 and rx 6600. In the gigabyte website it stands:

 

1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2* SSD support)

* Actual support may vary by CPU.

* Supports only M.2 SATA SSDs when using an AMD Athlon™-series/ 7th Gen. A-series or Athlon™ X4 APU.

 

Thank you.

[filpo]

Just now, anahone123 said:

* Supports only M.2 SATA SSDs when using an AMD Athlon™-series/ 7th Gen. A-series or Athlon™ X4 APU.

you're not using an Athlon so M.2 is supported

 

1 minute ago, anahone123 said:

1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2* SSD support)

the M.2 connector supports up to PCIe 4 and you've got a PCIe 3 drive. So the answer is yes, you'll be fine

[anahone123]

51 minutes ago, filpo said:

you're not using an Athlon so M.2 is supported

 

the M.2 connector supports up to PCIe 4 and you've got a PCIe 3 drive. So the answer is yes, you'll be fine

Wait. So my mainboard can run and support a NVMe ssd m.2 PCIe 4.0? 4.0?

[filpo]

4 minutes ago, anahone123 said:

So my mainboard can run and support a NVMe ssd m.2 PCIe 4.0?

it can but it'll be able to run the 970

[anahone123]

2 hours ago, filpo said:

it can but it'll be able to run the 970

So you mean i can use a samsung 990 pro NVMe m.2 ssd with it's full speed and everything on this mainboard? Does my mainboard have PCIe 4.0?

[anahone123]

Hello,

 

Is it true that samsung 990 pro with heatsink or without works good in a gigabyte b450m ds3h v2?

[filpo]

12 hours ago, anahone123 said:

So you mean i can use a samsung 990 pro NVMe m.2 ssd with it's full speed and everything on this mainboard?

you can use it

40 minutes ago, anahone123 said:

Hello,

 

Is it true that samsung 990 pro with heatsink or without works good in a gigabyte b450m ds3h v2?

Sorry I didn't see the notif, yes it will work but I wouldn't spend so much on an ssd (though you can use it)

[Spotty]

Threads merged.

 

18 minutes ago, anahone123 said:

Is it true that samsung 990 pro with heatsink or without works good in a gigabyte b450m ds3h v2?

According to the motherboard manual the B450M ds3h V2 supports PCIe 3.0 x4 for the M.2 slot.

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Storage Interface Š 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and
PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD support)

Though - That might depend on the CPU which is being used since the B450 series motherboards support CPUs which only support PCIe 3.0 (Ryzen 1000, Ryzen 2000) as well as CPUs that support PCIe 4.0 (Ryzen 3000, Ryzen 5000). Since it states PCIe 3.0 I'm assuming that the M.2 slot is using PCIe lanes from the chipset which will be PCIe 3.0 regardless of the CPU used.

 

The Samsung 990 Pro is a PCIe 4.0 drive. Since the motherboard only supports PCIe 3.0 on the M.2 slot the drive will run in PCIe 3.0 mode and will only be able to achieve PCIe 3.0 transfer speeds. This may limit the transfer speeds you can obtain. But realistically a PCIe 4.0 drive running in PCIe 3.0 mode is not going to be any slower than a PCIe 3.0 drive. If it's cheaper to get a different PCIe 3.0 drive then you may want to consider that to save money, but if there's no difference in cost it doesn't really matter. PCIe is backwards/forwards compatible, you can use a PCIe 4.0 drive in a PCIe 3.0 slot it just won't be as fast as if it was in a PCIe 4.0 slot.

[anahone123]

2 hours ago, Spotty said:

Threads merged.

 

According to the motherboard manual the B450M ds3h V2 supports PCIe 3.0 x4 for the M.2 slot.

Though - That might depend on the CPU which is being used since the B450 series motherboards support CPUs which only support PCIe 3.0 (Ryzen 1000, Ryzen 2000) as well as CPUs that support PCIe 4.0 (Ryzen 3000, Ryzen 5000). Since it states PCIe 3.0 I'm assuming that the M.2 slot is using PCIe lanes from the chipset which will be PCIe 3.0 regardless of the CPU used.

 

The Samsung 990 Pro is a PCIe 4.0 drive. Since the motherboard only supports PCIe 3.0 on the M.2 slot the drive will run in PCIe 3.0 mode and will only be able to achieve PCIe 3.0 transfer speeds. This may limit the transfer speeds you can obtain. But realistically a PCIe 4.0 drive running in PCIe 3.0 mode is not going to be any slower than a PCIe 3.0 drive. If it's cheaper to get a different PCIe 3.0 drive then you may want to consider that to save money, but if there's no difference in cost it doesn't really matter. PCIe is backwards/forwards compatible, you can use a PCIe 4.0 drive in a PCIe 3.0 slot it just won't be as fast as if it was in a PCIe 4.0 slot.

Thank you! When the price difference is little it would be better to buy a PCIe 4.0 m.2 NVMe ssd because maybe later i have a PCIe 4.0 mainboard, right?