I just found this site and am heading to search for NVMe SSD info.

[FPSMike]

Hello, wish me luck.

Looking to upgrade from 960evo 250gb for size limitation only. The Samsung 980 Pro 1Tb is at a great price but my old Asus Prime Z270-K board M2 slot specs are:

M2 with x4 PCI Express 3.0/2.0 bandwidth, M.2 supports up to 32Gb/s data-transfer

and if I am spending money I would like to get something beefy that will hold up if/when I do a MOBO upgrade.

Mike

[Evan_Omo]

Hi,

The Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB NVME SSD will be a solid upgrade over the older 960 EVO.

Do you have any questions regarding compatibility with the SSD’s?

[FPSMike]

Hi,

The Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB NVME SSD will be a solid upgrade over the older 960 EVO.

Do you have any questions regarding compatibility with the SSD’s?

Thank you for the reply.

I need the increased space but was concerned if the PCIe4 980pro would be backward compatible with my z270 Asus PCIe3 spec-ed board. I chatted with samsung 30 minutes ago and was told it would work.

I really did not want to $$ upgrade to old-ish tech only for size needs when new speed tech will also work and be substantial to future build upgrades.

Mike

[Evan_Omo]

As long as its M.2 NVME then it will work even if the motherboard is PCI-E gen 2, the new SSD will work on an older M.2 slot as the M.2 NVME SSD is backwards compatible with older M.2 PCI-E gen slots.