AB350M Pro M key or NGFF M.2 socket
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Topic: AB350M Pro M key or NGFF M.2 socket
Posted By: eatmybogbrush
Subject: AB350M Pro M key or NGFF M.2 socket
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2019 at 9:07pm
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Hi, Can anyone tell me if the AB350M Pro has M key or NGFF M.2 sockets, as the spec say M key and the manual says NGFF......I'm stumped, it looks an M key type, I have a Samsung 860 Evo NVMe SSD I want to use but don't want to buy it and get it wrong. Also if I use the second M.2 it disables the Sata 3, I take it there is more Sata ports I can use to connect my 4TB storage HDD. Thanks Steve. |
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Posted By: Ray62
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2019 at 6:23am
??? You own this SSD but don't want to pay for it?   All the mainboards have M.2 (also named NGFF) ports. Samsung 860 Evo is no NVMe SSD, this is a SATA III M.2 SSD and will not work in M2_1 on this board (like the spec says). I would take a Samsung 960 or 970 Evo NVMe SSD for the M2_1 port to get the full PCIe Gen3x4 speed. But if you already own the 860 Evo, you have to use the M2_2 port. ------------- Asrock Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming Offline Under test: MSI X570_MEG_ACE | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | Scythe Mugen5 | 2x16GB F4-3200C14D-32GTZ@3466 | ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FE |
eatmybogbrush wrote:Posted By: eatmybogbrush
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2019 at 12:14am
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Yeah I meant the motherboard to buy......the Evo is in my NVMe port on my Gigabyte 970FX, my be it is the 960 then, not at home so cannot check. I thought the NGFF had 2 notches as shown in the manual that's why I was confused , ok it will be fine in the main slot, will a NVMe drive work in the Sata M.2 or do I need a Sata SSD M.2? Thanks for the reply. |