While waiting for the replies from Samsung and Gigabyte, I went ahead with the software encryption with BitLocker. I have been satisfied with it so far. I can't see a performance hit.
Asking if AHCI is required, the best answer I managed to get with a second try from Samsung support was...
In the mean time I'll throw in a new question: What if I go with the hardware encryption with TPM and want to add, remove or replace system hardware? Would I disable BitLocker, do the hardware changes and then re-enable BitLocker again?
Seems like I found an answer to my question before Gigabyte support got around to it. FAQ (here) answers that my board has eDrive support, meaning that it must be in compliance with the UEFI requirements listed three posts above.
"Q: Does it support Encrypted Hard Drive (eDrive) in Windows 8...
Thanks for the input. I was under the impression that the function of TPM would also be to serve as a layer of protection against brute force attacks. They way I understood it as I vaguely familiarized myself with the topic earlier that it stores the actual BitLocker encryption key inside the...
My goodness. It seems like I just stepped knee deep with this subject. There's a ton of must read before actually getting to try the SED hardware encryption. A lot of people seems to be confused with this topic. It seems like AHCI might not really be needed for the actual encrypting, only for...
Don't worry about OT, I see all this as being important and appreciate the input.
I hate it, but I knew my LSI card would somehow pose an obstacle. According to this (see paragraph 4.), you need your drive AHCI enabled...
Thanks. Reading into this I was also planning to use that, since 850 Pro apparently can do that on a hardware level while utilizing the embedded TPM module.
What's the best way to go about encrypting your Windows drive with a Samsung 850 Pro? The drive seems to have a hardware encryption options, but I'm afraid this is all very much new to me. I have a TPM enabled motherboard.
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