1/2/2015
GTXJackBauer
I got the product in today and opened the package.  What should I do?  Take a risk in the assumption it won't go bad in the next three years or return it OR keep Newegg liable for it since they advertise that it does come with a warranty? 
 
What number can I call Samsung on this matter to guarantee me it is 3 year warranted?
1/3/2015
comp4sale303
Sorry for the delay in responding, holidays and all.
I have an ASUS X99-A board, which has M.2 x4 slot on the motherboard.
I had to enable CSM (Compatibility Support Module) in the BIOS to get it to recognize the UEFI drive for Windows installation.
Once I did that, it seemed like the drive is recognized at the BIOS level, which would make me think it may work with Win7.
I cannot be sure tho, as I'm using Win 8.1 x64 myself.  Why not switch to Win8?  Once I got Start8 I found it as good as Win7.
Definitely make sure your motherboard supports M.2 x4 for the SM951, it will work with x2 but you will not get the full benefits, obviously.
For me the choice was buy the XP941, and then replace it in 3 months with the SM951 (because I'm OCD like that). Or buy the SM951 on ebay, no warranty and take the risk. Luckily, in this case the risk was worth it and I'm very happy with the performance.
1/4/2015
dipzy_v
Does any have a link to the ebay where the guy is selling this SSD? i cannot find it
1/6/2015
pakiefarkas
I believe you have to wait. I found the guy selling them and emailed him direct and he had another one just come in. Im guessing you will see a few more popup on ebay soon. I just bought one last night so I should be expecting it soon.
1/6/2015
kenshinco
pakiefarkas
I believe you have to wait. I found the guy selling them and emailed him direct and he had another one just come in. Im guessing you will see a few more popup on ebay soon. I just bought one last night so I should be expecting it soon.


Pakiefarkas where did you bought from last night?
Also could you give me email address of the person selling it in ebay?

Thanks.
1/7/2015
kougar
You guys. I'm drooling over this thing.
 
To attain max performance from an SM951 you need a 3rd Gen PCIe x4 capable M.2 slot. 
 
If you can find a PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 slot then the SM951 can hit "2150MB/s with reads and 1550MB/s with writes". According to Samsung If you see performance below 1600MB/s then you are being limited by a 2nd Gen PCIe x4 slot. Info via  http://techreport.com/new...producing-pcie-3-0-ssd
 
If you want to understand the bandwidth limitations of the various slots, Puget has the best guide I've seen explaining it so mad props to them: http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Overview-of-M-2-SSDs-586/
 
Edit: Did a great deal of finger work after I made my post.
 
The only Z97 boards I found that offer 3rd Gen x4 M.2 are the ASRock Extreme6 and Extreme9.  I didn't check all two dozen models from ASRock, but even then most others looked to be Gen2. I've yet to find anybody else that makes it for the Z97 platform.
 
Only MSI, ASRock, and ASUS have X99 boards that offer 3rd Gen x4 M.2 slots. (Pretty sure this excludes EVGA but not 100% given how sparse the product specs pages are.)
1/7/2015
pakiefarkas
Kougar, that's good to hear. My Asus V Extreme is a M.2 3.0.
 
My SM951 drive should be arriving in the next few days and im getting excited waiting for it.
1/7/2015
kenshinco
pakiefarkas
Kougar, that's good to hear. My Asus V Extreme is a M.2 3.0.
 
My SM951 drive should be arriving in the next few days and im getting excited waiting for it.


Pakiefarkas, could you tell us where you bought your sm951? Did you bought from avnet?
Could you also give us the email of the guy on ebay?
1/7/2015
pakiefarkas
kenshinco,
Once I actually receive it and make sure its legit I will gladly share the info. Not trying to hoard the drives to myself just want to make sure its legit before I make the recommendation.
1/8/2015
Aibohphobia
The MSI X99S Gaming 7 has a 3.0 x4 slot but I'm only getting 1400-1500. Is there maybe a newer revision that is faster?

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