M.2 compatibility

[phobos0001]

Hi Guys & Gals,

 

just a quick question about M.2 storage compatibility.....

 

I'm building a gaming PC for a family member and just wanted to run this past someone who has dealt with these before....

Running a Asus H170 Pro Motherboard,  Their website says it has 1x M.2 Socket 3 with M key type 2242/2260/2280 storage devuces support (both SATA & PCIE mode)

 

the M.2 drive that has been ordered by the part supplier, he gave me the following part number HBCMX300M2-275G.

a bit of searching has told me that the manufacturer is Crucial, of course the part number does not come up on their web-site, not sure how Crucial's nomenclature works but there is such a thing as MX300 series but they appear to be a SATA 2.5" unit.

 

I have found other web sites selling these and some do mention it is a 2280 form factor,  but I wanted a second opinion please.

 

thanks in advance for any assistance

-Daniel

[TheRandomness]

An eBay listing (and a few other websites) say that it's the MX300 275GB version in the M.2 2280 form factor. Can be used in either a B or M keyed slot afaik. 

[phobos0001]

cheers mate,

figured as much, strange it's not on the manufacturer's web site though, no matter,

thanks

[Captain_WD]

1 hour ago, phobos0001 said:

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Hi there

 

This is a strange number which may be coming from the retailer. It should show the model number that you mentioned, followed by the M.2 form factor and the 275GB storage capacity of the drive. 

The drive in question is a SATA M.2 SSD with 2280 size and B+M keys which means it should work completely fine on your motherboard.

You should find all the necessary things in the motherboard manual. Make sure you are using this drive in AHCI mode and with GPT partitioning style in order to enable TRIM. 

 

Feel free to ask if you have any questions! 

 

Captain_WD.