M.2_SSD installation on Z170M Extreme 4

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   Hello,
I would like to add an M.2-SSD drive to my system with the above motherboard.

I am looking at the support page and the drives I am thinking of installing are not listed. Does that mean they will not work?

My target drives are these (the most desirable on the top)

Crucial P3 Plus 4TB PCIe M.2 2280 SSD
https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p3-plus/CT4000P3PSSD8

Crucial P3 4TB 3.0 NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD
https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p3/CT4000P3SSD8

Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD
https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p3-plus/CT2000P3PSSD8

Crucial P3 2TB 3.0 NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD
https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p3/CT2000P3SSD8

Thank you for your help.
T

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detomassino Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06 Mar 2023 Status: Offline Points: 35	Post Options Post Reply Quote detomassino Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: M.2_SSD installation on Z170M Extreme 4 Posted: 06 Mar 2023 at 1:57am
	Hello, I would like to add an M.2-SSD drive to my system with the above motherboard. I am looking at the support page and the drives I am thinking of installing are not listed. Does that mean they will not work? My target drives are these (the most desirable on the top) Crucial P3 Plus 4TB PCIe M.2 2280 SSD https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p3-plus/CT4000P3PSSD8 Crucial P3 4TB 3.0 NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p3/CT4000P3SSD8 Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p3-plus/CT2000P3PSSD8 Crucial P3 2TB 3.0 NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p3/CT2000P3SSD8 Thank you for your help. T

threadzipper1957 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 Mar 2022 Status: Offline Points: 9335	Post Options Post Reply Quote threadzipper1957 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 2023 at 11:14pm
	These QVL's is only what has been tested, and since chips, on the M,.2 constantly change, they are actually quite meaningless. Any M.2 with the correct protocol, is supposed to work. There are 3 formats in M,2 controllers. 1. AHCI, which is an outdated protocol, and doesn't work on newer boards 2. SATA, shoukld work, when the slot also supports SATA M.2 drives, and often You will lose 1 or 2 SATA ports, depending how it's conencted. 3. PCI Express (NVME) that should work if the slot supports it, which is usually the case. Look at the specifications on the website>> Storage.
	Kind Regards

detomassino Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06 Mar 2023 Status: Offline Points: 35	Post Options Post Reply Quote detomassino Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 2023 at 11:49pm
	Thank you.