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Hi,

I will buy the new ASUS MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT which has an U.2 port for a SSD.

 

The question is, what are these new SSD's?, where can i buy one?.

 

It will give me better performance or just keep my 850 PRO?

They are SATA based NVME SSDs. There are SATA to U.2 adapters.

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U.2 is a connection interface.

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Hi,

I will buy the new ASUS MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT which has an U.2 port for a SSD.

 

The question is, what are these new SSD's?, where can i buy one?.

 

It will give me better performance or just keep my 850 PRO?

Only the 750 Series right now.

 

And while in theory it will give better performance you won't notice it and it's an insane waste of money over a 950 pro. 

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Not only the 750 series - same connector as enterprise SSD's. See 3600 and 3700 series from Intel.

Ok... of the even slightly realistic possibilities for consumers... only the 750 series...

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Ok... of the even slightly realistic possibilities for consumers... only the 750 series...

 

 

Not only the 750 series - same connector as enterprise SSD's. See 3600 and 3700 series from Intel.

 

 

Only the 750 Series right now.

 

And while in theory it will give better performance you won't notice it and it's an insane waste of money over a 950 pro. 

 

What.. wait.

i have a 850 pro right now

 

can i buy a cable SATA to U.2?, that will work?, really?...

this board doesn't support M.2 (i don't know why)....

 

should i keep my 850 pro then?.. WHY THE LATEST ASUS DOESN'T SUPPORT M.2....

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What.. wait.

i have a 850 pro right now

 

can i buy a cable SATA to U.2?, that will work?, really?...

this board doesn't support M.2 (i don't know why)....

 

should i keep my 850 pro then?.. WHY THE LATEST ASUS DOESN'T SUPPORT M.2....

no sata and u.2 means nothing.

 

Why it doesn't have m.2? cause ASUS is a whore.

 

Just keep your 850 pro. You won't notice a difference.

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U.2 is the same speed as M.2.

There are going to be more U.2 SSDs for consumers in the future.

The 850 PRO is overkill, you probably don't need the speed of M.2/U.2

Most M.2 SSDs are around 2 GB/s sequential, compared to 0.6 GB for SATA. Only 3 seconds to 1 second.

I personally am not getting the Impact because it doesn't have M.2, and I'm using the SG13 case(3 2.5 inch slots?)

M.2 is small, so ASUS is making a weird decision to include U.2 instead of M.2 on an ITX board......

 

what about this board?

http://www.amazon.com/DisplayPort-Motherboard-Z170I-PRO-GAMING/dp/B016A45FL8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453610224&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+mini+itx

 

it has M.2 support and it's cheaper than the Impact. The difference is that the Impact has better sound and has a fan splitter included and the 8 pins for the board are next to the 24 pins, i like this...

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--snip-- cause ASUS is a whore.

woah woah ASUS is by far the best mobo manufacturer imho, given their 11/10 boss-ass-bitch status BIOS and their DELUXE series mobos. ASUS rocks harder than Dwayne and Arnold's harder than Schwarzenegger.

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