M.2 SSD

JAM83 · Jul 10, 2021

bobkn said:
The Crosshair VI Hero's M.2 slot supports SATA and PCI-E/NVME cards, if you have a Ryzen CPU. (You do.)

Looking at Newegg.com, 500-512MB NVME M.2 cards start at around $50 US. You could also go to a 3000 series CPU, which would make the PC compliant with Win11 requirements.

I'm not saying you should add an M.2 SSD or a new CPU, but you could.

I can't afford to get anything atm. . . I'm waiting for a federal judge to approve my disability so I can get my backpay. THen i'm building a new PC.

globalatacado · Jul 10, 2021

Here I use 2 m.2 samsung evo 970 plus in Raid 0, and everything is perfect in build 21996.1

johnlgalt · Jul 10, 2021

Yes, I am - and Windows 10 before it - since last year. Specs in My computers below.

0 issues in terms of running it from NVMe, and also 0 issues accessing my RAID mechanical set either. Did not even require an upgrade to hte AMD RAID software.

JAM83 · Jul 10, 2021

Thanks Everyone! I may invest when I can

PerpetualCycle · Jul 10, 2021

iko22 said:
Until they bring out another, and another PCIe standard:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/pci-express-6-coming-2021/[/URL

The real leap, for the OS, is going from SATA protocol to NVME. Any improvements in the the speed are hardly noticeable.

JAM83 · Jul 10, 2021

geneo said:
The real leap, for the OS, is going from SATA protocol to NVME. Any improvements in the the speed are hardly noticeable.

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johnlgalt · Jul 10, 2021

And going along with what geneo said - there is always going to be a new standard around the corner or in development. And waiting can get you into a pickle all on its own.

I built my rig last year - only things I did not upgrade were my video card and my monitors - because I knew the nVidia 30x0 line was literally around the corner. So I stuck with my 970 thinking I could wait a couple of months and get a nice, shiny new card with beefier specs for the same (or similar) retail price of a current gen S0x0 Ti card.

Yeah. About that.

I'm still rocking my 970. We ALL know the shitshow that last year's paper launches for video cards was.

There is always going to be something new. Doesn't mean you don't just pick a time and buy what you need or want now.

Granted, my situation is not something that will happen to everyone. I chose to wait - and now I'm choosing to wait until a 40x0 launch, unless I can get a 3080 Ti / 3090 under MSRP. And, as always, YMMV. But I replaed a system that officially wasn't even supposed ot be able to run Windows 10, to begin with, so....

PerpetualCycle · Jul 10, 2021

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bobkn · Jul 10, 2021

geneo said:
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The link in the post that you quoted gives the 404. It might have been clearer if "JMedlock83" had replied to the original post.

JAM83 · Jul 10, 2021

bobkn said:
The link in the post that you quoted gives the 404. It might have been clearer if "JMedlock83" had replied to the original post.

Dang it, I thought I did! my bad I forgot to use Multi-Quote. . . . sorry guys

bobkn · Jul 10, 2021

JMedlock83 said:
I can't afford to get anything atm. . . I'm waiting for a federal judge to approve my disability so I can get my backpay. THen i'm building a new PC.

Good luck. I hope that the court system recovers from the Covid backlogs soon, if it hasn't already. And that your request is honored.

JAM83 · Jul 10, 2021

bobkn said:
Good luck. I hope that the court system recovers from the Covid backlogs soon, if it hasn't already. And that your request is honored.

You are 100% exactly right bud! My Federal Court is about 7 months behind due to Covid. My attorney told me that it will definitely not be until sometime in 2022 before my case goes before a federal judge. . . . . . .. I filed my disability in June of 2018. It would have been completed by now if not for Covid.

Winuser · Jul 11, 2021

JMedlock83 said:
You are 100% exactly right bud! My Federal Court is about 7 months behind due to Covid. My attorney told me that it will definitely not be until sometime in 2022 before my case goes before a federal judge. . . . . . .. I filed my disability in June of 2018. It would have been completed by now if not for Covid.

Applying for disability has always been a slow process. You applied in 2018 and that was way before the pandemic. A large number of people get denied and have to file a appeal. Seeing you are waiting for a Federal Judge I take it you were denied and your lawyer filed a appeal.

JAM83 · Jul 11, 2021

Winuser said:
Applying for disability has always been a slow process. You applied in 2018 and that was way before the pandemic. A large number of people get denied and have to file a appeal. Seeing you are waiting for a Federal Judge I take it you were denied and your lawyer filed a appeal.

Yep. The SSA judge denied me, so we appealed it 3 times to the appeals people in Virginia, they denied it, so my attorney has filed in federal court.

Almighty1 · Jul 11, 2021

Using a Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV1T02 1TB NVMe M.2 here which was what shipped with my Dell XPS 15 9570 notebook for both the OS and apps without issues.

tinmar49 · Jul 11, 2021

I fitted a WD Black M2 500 Gb in place of a Samsung 850 evo, the difference can be detected best by one of the speed test programmes, which show an increase of about 3 times the speed. My motherboard does not support the maximum speed that the M2 can handle.

bobkn · Jul 11, 2021

tinmar49 said:
I fitted a WD Black M2 500 Gb in place of a Samsung 850 evo, the difference can be detected best by one of the speed test programmes, which show an increase of about 3 times the speed. My motherboard does not support the maximum speed that the M2 can handle.

No PCI-E 4.0?

tinmar49 · Jul 11, 2021

bobkn said:
No PCI-E 4.0?

I think it's PCI-E 3.0, I was going through the bios several times today to get the TPM sorted and 3 rings a bell.

bobkn · Jul 11, 2021

tinmar49 said:
I think it's PCI-E 3.0, I was going through the bios several times today to get the TPM sorted and 3 rings a bell.

I think you'd need an AMD system with a recent chipset (X570 is one) and CPU (3000 or 5000 series). A quick search suggests you'd need an Intel Z490 (with an updated BIOS) or Z590 motherboards and an 11th gen CPU ("rocket lake") to enable PCI-E 4.0 with an Intel PC.

AMD was first to market with PCI-E 4.0, as they were with X64 CPUs. Not touting AMD (although my two desktops are AMD at the moment). It's just history.