Question M.2 connector and MVNE

[Jerethi]

Greetings,

I'm trying to figure out if my motherboard's M.2 connector supports NVMe. I think it does, but may need a second opinion! I have a Gigabyte B360 HD3.

According to the manual, I have two M.2 connectors:

- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_32G)
- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x2 SSD support) (M2P_16G)

It appears that the first connector supports PCIe x4. Does that mean it supports NVMe?

Thanks!

 

[UsandThem]

Greetings,

I'm trying to figure out if my motherboard's M.2 connector supports NVMe. I think it does, but may need a second opinion! I have a Gigabyte B360 HD3.

According to the manual, I have two M.2 connectors:

- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_32G)
- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x2 SSD support) (M2P_16G)

It appears that the first connector supports PCIe x4. Does that mean it supports NVMe?

They both support NVMe drives. However, the first one supports the faster x4 speeds (which you want to use with PCIe 3.0 x4 drives like the 970 EVO).

 

[Ajay]

Hmm, downvoted. Like some lame social media post. Good job ATF!

 

[UsandThem]

On Gigabyte's website, it list this under 'Storage':


So just SATA, not NVMe.

Here is what is listed under the specs for the motherboard listed in the OP:



It listed two M.2 slot, with one supporting PCIe x4 and the 2nd one supporting x2.

 

[Jerethi]

@Ajay
I was under the impression that the PCIe x4 support means that an NVMe drive is supported. Do you read this differently?

 

[Jerethi]

Removing duplicate post

 

[Jerethi]

Here is what is listed under the specs for the motherboard listed in the OP:

View attachment 15618

It listed two M.2 slot, with one supporting PCIe x4 and the 2nd one supporting x2.

Yes, I think I am reading this the same way, i.e., because PCIe x4 is supported, it accepts NVMe SSDs.

 

[Ajay]

My bad. It has dual SATA/NVMe support. Looks like you are good to go.

 

[Keira57]

Hi just removing duplicate post.

 

[UsandThem]

Hi just removing duplicate post.

Since this is your first post, how did you manage to have a duplicate post?

 

[ArisVer]

Quote from the motherboards page
"Dual Ultra-Fast M.2 with PCIe Gen3 X4/X2 & SATA interface "
First M.2 slot is PCIe Gen3 X4 speed
Second slot is PCIe Gen3 X2 speed

 

[racdavies]

Greetings,

I'm trying to figure out if my motherboard's M.2 connector supports NVMe. I think it does, but may need a second opinion! I have a Gigabyte B360 HD3.

According to the manual, I have two M.2 connectors:

- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_32G)
- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x2 SSD support) (M2P_16G)

It appears that the first connector supports PCIe x4. Does that mean it supports NVMe?

Thanks!

It means you have one socket that will run nvme @x4 and the 2nd on x2, check your manual, some boards can be limited depending on how many sata ports are populated, eg...sata 1 & 2 might be shared with m.2 slot 1 and 5-6 shared with slot 2