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Re: Micro2 and 960 Evo m.2. Take 2.
2016/11/21 06:06:07
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☄ Helpfulby Puddles. 2016/11/21 16:13:19
From a Google search, it appears that the X99 Micro2 works just fine with the 950 Pro - so there is no reason for it to not work with the 960 Pro. You might want to make sure that your BIOS is up to date first. Hopefully you already know that this drive won't help with game loading times, or Windows boot times - http://forums.evga.com/EV...ad-Times-m2556132.aspx
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Re: Micro2 and 960 Evo m.2. Take 2.
2016/11/21 06:57:42
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Hopefully you already know that this drive won't help with game loading times, or Windows boot times - http://forums.evga.com/EV...ad-Times-m2556132.aspx
Very interesting reading. I wondered just how much a difference an M.2 drive would make to boot times and gaming, but judging by your results it would seem it doesn't make that much of a difference at all! Thank you for taking the time to both carry out the test and share the link. It now makes me wonder if it's worth wasting time and money to try another M.2, even just to rule out a possible faulty M.2 connector.
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Re: Micro2 and 960 Evo m.2. Take 2.
2016/11/21 10:03:43
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If you are going for snappy load times for games and Windows, then a good quality SATA III SSD is just as good as the fastest m.2 NVME drive.
Knowing what I know now I'd have invested in a larger SATA III SSD over a faster NVME drive. I don't do database work, so the extra IOPS/MBPS performance that these NVME drives have is wasted (except my file transfers ARE much faster between my RAID array and NVME drive, which I don't do all that often).
However, the m.2 isn't a waste in that it is an extra drive slot available. And who knows - in a couple of years general purpose software programming might catch up and actually be able to use the raw speed available with m.2 NVME drives.
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Re: Micro2 and 960 Evo m.2. Take 2.
2016/11/21 10:22:23
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I have the Micro 2 and a Samsung 500GB SM961 M.2 NVMe and this is working with no problems.
However if you are using an i7 5820 like I am you are limited to 28 PCI-E lanes so if you have a lot of hardware connected you might run into a problem.
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Re: Micro2 and 960 Evo m.2. Take 2.
2016/11/21 16:51:54
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If you are going for snappy load times for games and Windows, then a good quality SATA III SSD is just as good as the fastest m.2 NVME drive.
Knowing what I know now I'd have invested in a larger SATA III SSD over a faster NVME drive. I don't do database work, so the extra IOPS/MBPS performance that these NVME drives have is wasted (except my file transfers ARE much faster between my RAID array and NVME drive, which I don't do all that often).
However, the m.2 isn't a waste in that it is an extra drive slot available. And who knows - in a couple of years general purpose software programming might catch up and actually be able to use the raw speed available with m.2 NVME drives.
I'm running 850's Evo's already, so the M.2 would purely be indulgence. It's not going to offer me any major speed increases from what your tests results are showing, and the price per GB ratio isn't the greatest either. I may have to rethink this and live with not knowing if my M.2 is functional. Thank you for all the information 
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Re: Micro2 and 960 Evo m.2. Take 2.
2016/11/21 17:05:42
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I have the Micro 2 and a Samsung 500GB SM961 M.2 NVMe and this is working with no problems.
However if you are using an i7 5820 like I am you are limited to 28 PCI-E lanes so if you have a lot of hardware connected you might run into a problem.
Hey Robert, hope you are well. Yup, pretty much the same spec as the last time I tried an M.2 and failed miserably - even with the kind assistance from yourself and others on this forum. It's been niggleling me to know if this M.2 slot is duff, but after reading Arestavo's results, I may have to just learn to live with the niggle and save some cash.
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Re: Micro2 and 960 Evo m.2. Take 2.
2016/11/21 17:43:51
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I'm glad that you found that information useful!
There are occasionally some sales that make them just about the same cost as a SATA III SSD - Black Friday might have some good deals as well.
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Re: Micro2 and 960 Evo m.2. Take 2.
2016/11/22 17:04:26
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Updated: I read I may need a PCIe adapter. Is this why my PC won't boot with my M.2 port enabled with the card installed? My opinion, I would think the card would still run without adapter, just slower? Guess my biggest question would be, why will my PC just not boot? Brand new Samsung NVMe SSD 960 Pro M.2 will not boot. System will not boot with it installed. Hangs at Classified X99 screen. Will not even let me get into bios. Have to shut machine down and remove it to get system to boot. Will boot with M.2 socket disabled. And will boot with M.2 Socket Enabled with out drive installed. But once enabled and installed, system freezes on boot. A2 code appears on motherboard and just stays. Was pretty excited about my new 960 SSD drive, now is a headache. What am I doing wrong? Also...... Do I have something installed into my PE5?? The answer is "No" Someone said something about a Samsung NVMe SSD driver? I could not find one nor did the drive come with one. I have Samsung Magician and updates. I do have other SSD's installed in my system. (All Samsung) This is my 1st M.2 I also have Samsung Migration installed. I am ready, just can't get drive to let me boot into Windows. This will be my "C" drive eventually, but for now, just want to get my system to recognize it. Also my Classified X99 Motherboard has the latest BIOS update ver. 2.03
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