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M.2 for Outdated ASROCK 970A-G/3.1 Motherboard

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Topic: M.2 for Outdated ASROCK 970A-G/3.1 Motherboard
Posted By: RaisedFist
Subject: M.2 for Outdated ASROCK 970A-G/3.1 Motherboard
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2019 at 2:47pm
Hey there, I'm wanting to buy this motherboard:
https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970A-G3.1/
It has a M.2 slot, but it says the it's only Gen 2, now I've read a couple of things online about M.2, some people have said that they're backwards compatible if you use like a gen 4, but you won't get the best speed out of them, and other people have said that you cant use newer Gen M.2's in older M.2 Gen slots.
Anybody know who is right?
Please let me know, I need to get my machine up and running soon, living on a dual core laptop is no way to live!!
Thanks in advance,

Keegan

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Be authentic to your dreams. Be authentic to your own idea about yourself. Grind away at your own minds and bodies until you become your own invention. Be Mad Scientists. ~ Doktor Sleepless



Replies:
Posted By: gizmic
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2019 at 3:22pm
yes it works it will just run at gen 2 speeds you'd be wasting alot of money for getting a gen 4 m.2 plus the fact that there arent Gen4X4 m.2 in max speed (8000MB/s)


if its Gen2 cant go wrong with samsung 970 evo's

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Posted By: RaisedFist
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2019 at 4:18pm
Can I use this M.2 SSD on the motherboard?
I'm really confused about the sockets and gen's...

Crucial P1 1TB 3D PCIE NVME M.2 SSD

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Be authentic to your dreams. Be authentic to your own idea about yourself. Grind away at your own minds and bodies until you become your own invention. Be Mad Scientists. ~ Doktor Sleepless



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