ASRock H170 Pro4S Intel H170 and 960 EVO
Printed From: ASRock.com
Category: Technical Support
Forum Name: Intel Motherboards
Forum Description: Question about ASRock Intel Motherboards
URL: https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3695
Printed Date: 21 Jul 2025 at 5:30am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.04 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: ASRock H170 Pro4S Intel H170 and 960 EVO
Posted By: skopeko
Subject: ASRock H170 Pro4S Intel H170 and 960 EVO
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2016 at 4:25am
|
" rel="nofollow - Hi, I'm about to buy an "ASRock H170 Pro4S Intel H170 So.1151 Dual Channel DDR4 ATX Retail" board but I still struggle with the SSD M.2 options. Can use the 250GB Samsung 960 Evo M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 on this board? It is not listed in the storage support list (http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H170%20Pro4S/index.us.asp?cat=Storage) but I don't know how up to date it is. Another option would be the 128GB Samsung SM961 bulk M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4. If not any other suggestion for a PCI 3.0 x4 SSD which is in a similar price range? Stefan
|
Replies:
Posted By: mteufel
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2016 at 2:24am
|
" rel="nofollow - Hi Stefan! I'm think of nearly the same setup. Since your post is dated 31 Oct. Did you get info in the mean time, if this is possible? Martin
|
Posted By: J Z
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2016 at 2:31am
|
Hi, Yes, Samsung 960 Evo M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 will soon be supported. ------------- Kind Regards, JZ https://shop.JZelectronic.de - Der Shop mit ausgesuchter ASRock Profi Hardware https://www.facebook.com/asrock.de |
Posted By: parsec
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2016 at 9:49am
The Samsung 960 Pro, 960 EVO, SM961, or ANY PCIe slot, U.2 (with M.2 adapter), or M.2 NVMe SSD is compatible and supported as the OS drive with any ASRock Intel 100 series chipset board now, out of the box. That of course included the ASRock H170 Pro4S. NVMe is a storage device protocol, different than SATA, but in general the same regarding mother board support. If a board supports SATA, then any SATA drive can be used with that board. We've been doing that for years, right? The same goes for NVMe, if NVMe support exists for a board, then any NVMe SSD can be used with the board, as long as the interface used by the drive is available, or can be provided with an adapter. Earlier mother boards series like Intel's X99 and Z97 have UEFI updates that add NVMe support. There are a few ASRock AMD chipset boards that now have NVMe support. There is even an ASRock Z77 board that has a Beta UEFI that provides NVMe support. BTW, "NVMe Support" really means the board will support the NVMe SSD as the OS drive. A board without NVMe support can still use an NVMe SSD as a data drive, but not as the OS drive. The Storage Support lists are hardly all inclusive. The number of SATA SSDs listed is a tiny fraction of those that exist, and I don't own any of the SSDs in that list. But all my SATA SSDs work just fine in any ASRock board, as they should. Do we find even one HDD in those lists? Does that mean we can't use any SATA HDDs with these boards? Of course not. ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/48rujh" rel="nofollow"> 
|
skopeko wrote: