Samsun 960 on an older fatal1ty x99?

wardog wrote: An 850 EVO would perform at speed in a standard M.2 slot w/o loss.

Thus they get their lanes from the PCH, as they are shared with the normal SATA ports

wardog wrote: An 850 Pro would need the Ultra M.2 slot to perform at speed.

The Ultra M.2 gets it's lanes directly from the PCIe bus and as such is much faster. But, again, it does consume resources. 4 PCIe lanes of whatever your CPU is capable of providing

Know what. I am not 14 any more. I just do not have the time to tweak settings. I have been at this for 5 or so hours. I think it is clear m.2 is just too immature, and no one should be recommending this chip on unproven boards. To my internet counterparts trying to decide if you should but this or something else. Save your money. I am going back to PC microcenter and getting a 1080 instead.