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Installing a Samsung 950 pro z97 chipset.

Sniper Xls
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Hey guys as its Christmas looking to upgrade my SSD storage. Looking at a 950 pro to fill up my m.2 ssd drive.  I have a few questions is it any different than installing to a normal SSD drive? Or is there some tweaks I need to do? Thanks! 

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Hey guys as its Christmas looking to upgrade my SSD storage. Looking at a 950 pro to fill up my m.2 ssd drive.  I have a few questions is it any different than installing to a normal SSD drive? Or is there some tweaks I need to do? Thanks! 

basically the same

just make sure the bios is up to date

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basically the same

just make sure the bios is up to date

Thanks mate! 

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What motherboard? Most z97 motherboards have the slower 10GBps pcie 2.0 m.2 slot. Some do have the faster pcie 3.0 version. This difference will actually cause a drive such as the 950 pro to be bottlenecked by the older m.2 slot version.

 

You can always get a pcie riser card and plug it in that way.

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What motherboard? Most z97 motherboards have the slower 10GBps pcie 2.0 m.2 slot. Some do have the faster pcie 3.0 version. This difference will actually cause a drive such as the 950 pro to be bottlenecked by the older m.2 slot version.

 

You can always get a pcie riser card and plug it in that way.

 Running an MSI Gaming 7 Motherboard Yeah I know it will be slowed to around 700mbs but I plan to upgrade to cannonlake and hopefully unleash it but I can get a very good deal on the drive so hence why I am tempted plus windows 10 needs a fresh install for my system may as well kill two birds one stone ! 

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 Running an MSI Gaming 7 Motherboard Yeah I know it will be slowed to around 700mbs but I plan to upgrade to cannonlake and hopefully unleash it but I can get a very good deal on the drive so hence why I am tempted plus windows 10 needs a fresh install for my system may as well kill two birds one stone ! 

More like 900MBps, but that's still less than half the drives rated speed xD Might as well get it for a good deal now even if it will be "slow"

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More like 900MBps, but that's still less than half the drives rated speed xD Might as well get it for a good deal now even if it will be "slow"

Well I hope to keep this drive for now but 900Mbs is still a decent upgrade over a normal SSD 

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