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03-30-2017 04:43 PM - edited 03-30-2017 04:55 PM
Would like to add a Samsung 850 EVO Pro SSD (500 or 256 GB) SATA III 3.0 Gb/s. What is the SATA type or designation of my system and will it support the SSD? Just want to make sure before I buy the SSD. Is this a worthwhile upgrade for improving performance?
- Envy Phoenix 810-430qe
- Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0 GHz
- Windows 10, 64 bit
- Motherboard MSI 2B36
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03-30-2017 07:19 PM
Will do.
BTW, I had purchased the Samsung 960 EVO M.2 NVMe SSD which requires a PCI Express x 16 (Gen 3.0) slot. I knew my motherboard had it but (shamefully) I overlooked the fact that it was occupied by the graphics card. There is another M.2 slot but it is PCI Express x 1 (Gen 2.0) and therefore not compatible. I procrastinated returning SSD while doing more research on the Samsung 850 EVO Pro SSD. That, and my moping around because of my mistake, I nearly ran out of the 30 day period to return it to Amazon. Just needed a little confidence regarding the EVO 850 Pro before ordering it. Long story short, you gave me that confidence and immediately after getting your response I submitted my return & replacement request to Amazon and, as has been my good experience with them, I got the approval and the return label. Because of your quick response, I beat the 30-day deadline by one day. You saved me from my dumb mistake.
Guess I just went a long way to again say thank you very much. You're a real pro.
03-30-2017 08:17 PM
Anytime.
Glad to have been of assistance.
I don't have any experience with M.2 SSD's, but I have put the standard SATA III 2.5 notebook size SSD's in all of my HP desktop and notebook PC's.
What a difference.
Even on an old HP nc6400 business notebook with a SATA I (1.5 GB/S) sata controller, it runs circles around the mechanical drive.
Got them on sale at bargain prices.
The largest ones I have a 240 GB.
For my old business notebooks, I put 120 GB drives. Since I don't keep files on the notebooks 120 GB is plenty of space.
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