I am a little confused because I have to admit both of my systems are pretty old...but function perfectly for how I use them. One has an ASRock Z97 Extreme 4 with an i5 4690K and this motherboard has an NVMe slot that I already have a card in but I would like to change it but retain the current SSD also.
Now when looking at NVMe SSDs I see them listed as M.2 2280 and PCIe. I do not understand the difference or their respective compatibility with my existing card slot in the above Mobo. The PCIe version of the SSD I am looking at has DRAM cache so that is the one I want but will it work in the NVMe slot in the ASRock Z97 Extreme4?
I would also like to move the existing SSD to a PCIe adapter so I can still use it as it is my recording drive for my cable tuner that is in this machine. Once again, are there specific adapters for M.2 vs PCIe NVMes? I see the M.2 cards have two notches in them yet the PCIe only have one....so there is my confusion. I don't want to order something that will not work and have to send it back as it's a pain and I don't want to waste Amazon's money either.
The other machine has an MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) motherboard with on older i7 but it meets my needs as a server so I am not wasting money replacing it....but I also want to put a new NVMe SSD in it so I know I will have to use an adapter so the above question pertains to this machine also because I would like to buy 2 of the SSDs I am looking at and have them as my boot and OS drive in each machine.
Sorry for the confusion but I know this is the place to ask as this community is always full of very knowledgeable people with way more understanding than myself.
Thanks
Now when looking at NVMe SSDs I see them listed as M.2 2280 and PCIe. I do not understand the difference or their respective compatibility with my existing card slot in the above Mobo. The PCIe version of the SSD I am looking at has DRAM cache so that is the one I want but will it work in the NVMe slot in the ASRock Z97 Extreme4?
I would also like to move the existing SSD to a PCIe adapter so I can still use it as it is my recording drive for my cable tuner that is in this machine. Once again, are there specific adapters for M.2 vs PCIe NVMes? I see the M.2 cards have two notches in them yet the PCIe only have one....so there is my confusion. I don't want to order something that will not work and have to send it back as it's a pain and I don't want to waste Amazon's money either.
The other machine has an MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) motherboard with on older i7 but it meets my needs as a server so I am not wasting money replacing it....but I also want to put a new NVMe SSD in it so I know I will have to use an adapter so the above question pertains to this machine also because I would like to buy 2 of the SSDs I am looking at and have them as my boot and OS drive in each machine.
Sorry for the confusion but I know this is the place to ask as this community is always full of very knowledgeable people with way more understanding than myself.
Thanks