M.2 for Gigabyte A620 DS3H

[Boro123]

I got the Gigabyte A620 DS3H and i'm thinking of buying my first M.2 SSD, so i am planning to get the Samsung NVMe 980 PRO which costs some where around 100 - 110 USD.
I'm asking if its compatible cause i have no idea about M.2 SSDs.
The Gigabyte website says as following : 
 1 x M.2 connector (M2A_CPU), integrated in the CPU, supporting Socket 3, M key, type 2580 SSDs:
- AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors support PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
- AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series-Phoenix 1 Processors support PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
- AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series-Phoenix 2 Processors support PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 support for NVMe SSD storage devices
RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 support for SATA storage devices ".
Thank you in advance.

[filpo]

3 minutes ago, Boro123 said:

I got the Gigabyte A620 DS3H and i'm thinking of buying my first M.2 SSD, so i am planning to get the Samsung NVMe 980 PRO which costs some where around 100 - 110 USD.
I'm asking if its compatible cause i have no idea about M.2 SSDs.
The Gigabyte website says as following : 
 1 x M.2 connector (M2A_CPU), integrated in the CPU, supporting Socket 3, M key, type 2580 SSDs:
- AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors support PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
- AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series-Phoenix 1 Processors support PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
- AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series-Phoenix 2 Processors support PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 support for NVMe SSD storage devices
RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 support for SATA storage devices ".
Thank you in advance.

yes it's compatible

[Tetras]

15 minutes ago, Boro123 said:

 i am planning to get the Samsung NVMe 980 PRO which costs some where around 100 - 110 USD

Is fine.

 

15 minutes ago, Boro123 said:

I'm asking if its compatible cause i have no idea about M.2 SSDs.

M.2 slots have two things to keep in mind.

1. Is it SATA or PCI-E/NVME? (90% of motherboards are PCI-E only now).

2. Is the length right? (90% of M.2 slots/M.2 drives are 2280, which is 22mm wide and 80mm long).

 

Since SATA has nearly disappeared and most M.2 drives are 2280, it is hard to buy the wrong thing now.

 

The only complications I can think are:

- M.2 slots which are Key-E (these are actually for wireless cards).

- M.2 drives which are 2230, used by compact devices like the Steam deck.

- M.2 drives which are double sided (chips on both sides of the stick) and are incompatible with some thin devices like laptops.

[Boro123]

23 minutes ago, Tetras said:

Is fine.

 

M.2 slots have two things to keep in mind.

1. Is it SATA or PCI-E/NVME? (90% of motherboards are PCI-E only now).

2. Is the length right? (90% of M.2 slots/M.2 drives are 2280, which is 22mm wide and 80mm long).

 

Since SATA has nearly disappeared and most M.2 drives are 2280, it is hard to buy the wrong thing now.

 

The only complications I can think are:

- M.2 slots which are Key-E (these are actually for wireless cards).

- M.2 drives which are 2230, used by compact devices like the Steam deck.

- M.2 drives which are double sided (chips on both sides of the stick) and are incompatible with some thin devices like laptops.

Well i am more worried about the length. But if there are more things i should look out please inform me.

 

[Tetras]

14 minutes ago, Boro123 said:

Well i am more worried about the length. But if there are more things i should look out please inform me.

Your motherboard supports 80mm length and the Samsung 980 Pro is 80mm, so you're all good.

 

Gigabyte state the M.2 slot as 2580 because they support wider than normal (22mm) SSDs, but I've never seen one that is 25mm apart from an experimental PCI-E 5.0 drive (the 980 Pro is 22mm wide).

[Boro123]

2 hours ago, Tetras said:

Your motherboard supports 80mm length and the Samsung 980 Pro is 80mm, so you're all good.

 

Gigabyte state the M.2 slot as 2580 because they support wider than normal (22mm) SSDs, but I've never seen one that is 25mm apart from an experimental PCI-E 5.0 drive (the 980 Pro is 22mm wide).

Thank you for Helping me, assuring and teaching me about M.2.