Which current NVMe SSD is compatible with B450£
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Topic: Which current NVMe SSD is compatible with B450£
Posted By: radry
Subject: Which current NVMe SSD is compatible with B450£
Date Posted: 29 May 2025 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" rel="nofollow - 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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Posted By: eccential
Date Posted: 29 May 2025 at 4:09am
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.
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Posted By: radry
Date Posted: 29 May 2025 at 4:57pm
Read the link and this document:
https://www.asrock.com/support/qa/Technical%20NNotes%20-%20Storage%20Device%20Compatibility.pdf" rel="nofollow - 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.
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