I must be mad for wanting to try this after torturing myself with the SM951, but I'm tempted to give fitting an M.2 another try. Does Anyone know if this drive would work on the Micro2?  https://www.overclockers.co.uk/samsung-960-evo-polaris-250gb-m.2-2280-pci-e-3.0-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-hd-22g-sa.html
 
Thanks in advance.
 
 
 

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

arestavo
 
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.

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 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.

arestavo
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

rjohnson11
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.

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.