M.2. Decision

[0ver]

Hello members of LTTF i wanted to ask you if it would be possible to use an SSD with the protocol of M.2 type 2280 with the H61M-DGS motherboard from Asrock (H61 Chipset) , found a pretty sweet deal and I was wondering if it would work and therefore if its worth to buy it.

 

The ssd is : Corsair Force Series MP500 120GB

[BDunkz]

7 minutes ago, 0ver said:

Hello members of LTTF i wanted to ask you if it would be possible to use an SSD with the protocol of M.2 type 2280 with the H61M-DGS motherboard from Asrock (H61 Chipset) , found a pretty sweet deal and I was wondering if it would work and therefore if its worth to buy it.

 

The ssd is : Corsair Force Series MP500 120GB

M.2 is a name for overpriced ssd, otherwise I'm sorry but I can't help you

[Mira Yurizaki]

12 minutes ago, 0ver said:

Hello members of LTTF i wanted to ask you if it would be possible to use an SSD with the protocol of M.2 type 2280 with the H61M-DGS motherboard from Asrock (H61 Chipset) , found a pretty sweet deal and I was wondering if it would work and therefore if its worth to buy it.

 

The ssd is : Corsair Force Series MP500 120GB

I don't believe that motherboard has an M.2 slot, so you're also going to need an adapter card. However, the SSD you're looking at is also a SATA SSD, not an NVMe SSD. M.2 only describes the physical form factor of the SSD, not what protocol, and thus speed, it uses.

[SquintyG33Rs]

5 minutes ago, BDunkz said:

M.2 is a name for overpriced ssd, otherwise I'm sorry but I can't help you

the price is almost the same as regular 2.5" now

[agent_x007]

@0verYou will have to add manually NVMe module to BIOS.
A guide here should help : LINK.
Other than that, you will need a PCI-e to M.2 adapter for that PCI-e x16 slot you got (which will force you to use iGPU or PCIe x1 GPUs).
Last thing : On this board, you won't be able to reach 2,4GB/s transfers, you will be limited to 1,6-1,8GB/s (because your board does not support PCIe 3.0).
With risers you can use M.2 on PCI-e x1 port, but that will limit youto 500MB/s peak transfers.

[BDunkz]

Just now, SquintyG33Rs said:

the price is almost the same as regular 2.5" now

But usually when m.2 is populated 2 sata ports are disabled

[SquintyG33Rs]

Just now, BDunkz said:

But usually when m.2 is populated 2 sata ports are disabled

only on boards z170 and before. because of sata express being on those boards... and also it's not that simple it depends often it only prevents from using sata or PCIe on both at the same time. but you can use them  with sata on one and PCIe on the other

[agent_x007]

3 minutes ago, SquintyG33Rs said:

only on boards z170 and before. because of sata express being on those boards... and also it's not that simple it depends often it only prevents from using sata or PCIe on both at the same time. but you can use them  with sata on one and PCIe on the other

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But usually when m.2 is populated 2 sata ports are disabled

I'm pretty sure H61M-DGS can't have IRQ conflicts between PCI-e and SATA  (regardless of ports/devices used).

[Changis]

18 minutes ago, SquintyG33Rs said:

the price is almost the same as regular 2.5" now

 

18 minutes ago, BDunkz said:

But usually when m.2 is populated 2 sata ports are disabled

24 minutes ago, BDunkz said:

M.2 is a name for overpriced ssd, otherwise I'm sorry but I can't help you

i can see the use of M.2 disks instead of sata drives if you're making a custom build, or want better clearance or to remove the drive cages or maybe you don't need more storage beyond the M.2 drive so you don't have to use cables for drives at all.. and if the price about the same as a regular 2.5" ssd i don't see any issues beyond sata port disabling, and that also depends on how many extra drives you will run..