Which current NVMe SSD is compatible with B450£

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   I wanted to upgrade the M.2 NVME SSD on my Fatality B450/ITX Mainboard. Unfortunately there seems to be a pin mismatch and thus most new SSDs aren't compatible anymore... Great Job Asrock..

Anyway, the SSDs listed to be compatible aren't sold anymore but I need a 2TB one.
https://www.asrock.com/mb/amd/fatal1ty%20b450%20gaming-itxac/#Storage

Anyone found a current 2TB NVME SSD that is still compatible? 

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radry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24 Sep 2019 Status: Offline Points: 95	Post Options Post Reply Quote radry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Which current NVMe SSD is compatible with B450£ Posted: Yesterday at 1:33am
	I wanted to upgrade the M.2 NVME SSD on my Fatality B450/ITX Mainboard. Unfortunately there seems to be a pin mismatch and thus most new SSDs aren't compatible anymore... Great Job Asrock.. Anyway, the SSDs listed to be compatible aren't sold anymore but I need a 2TB one. https://www.asrock.com/mb/amd/fatal1ty%20b450%20gaming-itxac/#Storage Anyone found a current 2TB NVME SSD that is still compatible?

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	What pin mismatch? I have a bunch of Fata1ity B450/ITX and X470/ITX boards (basically the same things, with the chipset swapped), and I've never had a problem with NVMe drives. I've had Samsung 970 PRO (512GB and 1TB), SK Hynix P31 (1TB), Crucial P5 Plus (2TB). I don't see why there would be any problems with newer NVMe drives. Note, don't buy one with giant heatsink, because the m.2 slot is at the bottom of the motherboard. I'd stuck tiny heatsinks on mine before, because back-of-the-motherboard on most cases aren't cooled very well. I've even done custom hack to use some thermal pads and copper plate to turn the bottom of the case into a heatsink.

radry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24 Sep 2019 Status: Offline Points: 95	Post Options Post Reply Quote radry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 hours 16 minutes ago at 4:57pm
	Read the link and this document: https://www.asrock.com/support/qa/Technical%20NNotes%20-%20Storage%20Device%20Compatibility.pdf It is known that Asrock B450 mainboards M.2 PCIe slot has problems with newer SSDs because of a different pinout. If you google the issue you find many people facing issues.