Will this work with my prebuilt?

[Saddy]

Hello, I own a prebuilt Asus g20CB 970 computer. The HDD that come with it is very slow, requiring upwards of 5 minutes to load all of my programs. I am thinking of shelling out a lot of money to buy a 960 pro 1TB M.2 SSD. I am very certaint that my motherboard contains a m.2 slot, though I am double checking.

 

I just want to know if the size would work on it. I can never get some of the screws out and are already going to pay the geek squad 30$ to install it (Yes I know, I'm sorry.)

 

It is a pretty small case so I don't know if it is going to actually fit in. Thanks for all responses.

[Guest]

So what was your mobo? Sorry , I couldn't find it somehow.

[rn8686]

It only support Sata m.2, no point in buying an NVME for it (Sata is fine for gaming anyway, very little difference noticeable unless working with large files). 

[Saddy]

Ok, here is my link to my mb, I'm pretty sure I'm retarded because I just looked again and the m.2 slot is going sideways not up and down.

 

 

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/H170-PLUS-D3/

[Damascus]

Just get a 1 tb 850 Evo/pro or MX300

[Thevgk]

Like Rn8686 said, it only supports SATA m.2, you won't get NVME speeds with that mobo. Your current HDD is a 7200 rpm one, that should take WAY less than 5 minutes to start up, do you have tons of startup programs or something?

 

[Saddy]

Oh really @rn8686? I thought that PCIE was always NVME. Thanks for saving me money

[rn8686]

Just now, Saddy said:

Oh really @rn8686? I thought that PCIE was always NVME. Thanks for saving me money

Nope, some only support sata drives. You can get an M.2 or there should also be an 2.5 slot in the case for a normal ssd. 

[Saddy]

@Thevgk 

 

Yes I do have a lot of programs that I use, also after a few years it is starting to wear down a bit. Some games, like payday 2 in particular, have started to crash from it being too slow. And with my hybrid sleep mode, I would constantly get a BSOD when starting it back up from lost stored data on my hard drive.

[Thevgk]

SSD is the way to go, if you can fit that in your case

[Saddy]

@rn8686. Do you happen to know of any good 1TB M.2 Sata drives? 

[Saddy]

Or do you think that I should just stick with a 850 pro 2.5'?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Saddy said:

Or do you think that I should just stick with a 850 pro 2.5'?

No reason for an M.2 sata ssd, just get 850pro or evo

[Saddy]

Ok, Thanks to everyone who responded so quickly :). Saved myself a good $80+.

[rn8686]

Just now, Saddy said:

@rn8686. Do you happen to know of any good 1TB M.2 Sata drives?

Only one I can see on newegg is the 850 Evo, doesnt really matter if you get 2.5 or M.2 though as they are really the same (Assuming both are sata based). 

[rn8686]

3 minutes ago, Saddy said:

Ok, Thanks to everyone who responded so quickly :). Saved myself a good $80+.

Just realised I missed a few drives, if you want to save you could get the MX 300 which is very good value and performs similar. 

[rcarlos243]

Don't listen to the morons above giving you wrong info.

 

Your motherboard does support a Samsung 960 Pro.

Your motherboard has M.2 M-key PCIe 3.0 x4 with Skylake or Kabelake chip

 

I recommend you get a Samsung 960 EVO instead as it is cheaper than 960 PRO, but offers similar performance on consumer workloads.

[Damascus]

2 minutes ago, rcarlos243 said:

Don't listen to the morons above giving you wrong info.

Your motherboard does support a Samsung 960 Pro.

Your motherboard has M.2 M-key PCIe 3.0 x4 with Skylake or Kabelake chip

Didn't recommend due to lack of support, recommend because it's unnecessary. 

[Saddy]

Just now, rcarlos243 said:

Don't listen to the morons above giving you wrong info.

Your motherboard does support a Samsung 960 Pro.

Your motherboard has M.2 M-key PCIe 3.0 x4 with Skylake or Kabelake chip

Really? I thought it wasn't NVME though, not giving me the max benefit?

[rcarlos243]

Just now, Damascus said:

Didn't recommend due to lack of support, recommend because it's unnecessary. 

What do you mean lack of support? Do you even understand what you are talking about?

 

It is literally on the documentation of the motherboard.

[Saddy]

On the motherboard page it says 

 

"six SATA 6Gbit/s ports, 32Gbit/s M.2 and PCIe 3.0 lane speed support for faster data retrieval"

 

So would and extra $80~ dollars for the nvme?

[rcarlos243]

1 minute ago, Saddy said:

Really? I thought it wasn't NVME though, not giving me the max benefit?

NVMe requirements are:

-Z97 chipset or newer. Your motherboard uses H170 chipset which natively supports NVMe Protocol.

-M.2 with M-Key (PCIe signal) slot. Your motherboard has M.2 M-Key with PCIe 3.0 x4

[Saddy]

Just now, rcarlos243 said:

NVMe requirements are:

-Z97 chipset or newer. Your motherboard uses H170 chipset which natively supports NVMe Protocol.

-M.2 with M-Key (PCIe signal) slot. Your motherboard has M.2 M-Key with PCIe 3.0 x4

I have to go right now, but if you could tell me if you would recommend spending another $80~ for the 960 pro then the 850 pro?

[rn8686]

7 minutes ago, rcarlos243 said:

Don't listen to the morons above giving you wrong info.

 

Your motherboard does support a Samsung 960 Pro.

Your motherboard has M.2 M-key PCIe 3.0 x4 with Skylake or Kabelake chip

 

I recommend you get a Samsung 960 EVO instead as it is cheaper than 960 PRO, but offers similar performance on consumer workloads.

Not from the specifications I can find for the PC;

Storage

Up to 3TB SATA 6Gbit/s hard drive 7200RPM

Up to 256G SATA 6Gbit/s SSD drive

 

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/asus-rog-g20cb-compact-gaming-desktop.html

 

Nor is there a need for an NVME drive for normal use, not going to see much of a difference unless working with large files

[rcarlos243]

Just now, Saddy said:

I have to go right now, but if you could tell me if you would recommend spending another $80~ for the 960 pro then the 850 pro?

Get the 960 EVO instead because it is cheaper and uses the same NVMe protocol as 960 PRO.