Looking for Intel 1150 motherboard with mSata and SLI support

[Lil'John]

Title states it and Newegg hasn't helped me much.

I have two 560tis that I want to run and use an Intel 530 mSata SSD. I have both of these in hand right now.

I'm not dead set on a form factor but I think smaller would be better.

CPU isn't locked in yet. I'm considering one of the new Devil Canyons(4690k or 4790k)

I am setting up my wife's "light" gaming machine for things like Civ 5, Diablo 3, etc. No real FPS type stuff.

So what do you have for me?

 

[Burpo]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128713

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128716

 

[Lil'John]

Burpo,
Thanks for those two finds.

What search term(s) did you use to find them?

 

[Burpo]

Lga 1150 m.2
https://www.google.com/search?q=Lga...9i57j69i60&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

 

[VirtualLarry]

M.2 is not the same as mSATA. OP, do you need mSATA or M.2?

 

[Lil'John]

M.2 is not the same as mSATA. OP, do you need mSATA or M.2?

What I have in my hand is an Intel 530 SSD that is described as having a form factor of mSATA.

Here is link to Intel spec:
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/solid-state-drives/ssd-530-msata-specification.html

 

[Burpo]

My bad, M.2 is smaller..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130769

 

[Lil'John]

My bad, M.2 is smaller..

Not a problem and thank you VERY much for the picture comparison. I just opened my box and yes, it is the larger mSATA.

Now I want to get a 240G M.2 version just to giggles

 

[you2]

msata is usually associted with laptops (as well as nuc); anyways sata to msata adapters are a dime a dozen suchs as:
caveat I've not used them and this one has no reviews:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2916-_-Product
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I normally associate mini-sata with nucs and laptops
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btw m.2 are a pain because they come in different lengths and different mother boards support different form factor (mine for example does not support the most common form factor)
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There might be more but this was the only 1150 motherboard I could find with msata:
http://www.miniinthebox.com/biostar...nBURXWtgvKLOJOWTiRyfXta09ZWnFwkMFCxoCMdLw_wcB
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It does not support sli; msata is normally associated with 'small' which is not compatible with sli. There might be a micro-atx board with both sli and msata but I couldnt' find it.
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I take it back I did find a z87 board with msata
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http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Motherboa...8&qid=1421934428&sr=8-1&keywords=MSI+Z87-GD65
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NOTE you can get it for as low as a $100 if you look at other options for buying but read the comments in condition column.
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There might be other boards but I doubt z97 - perhaps more z87 but I'm done looking

 

[Lil'John]

You2, thank you for the description. It definitely makes sense.

And yes, the mSATA drive I have was bought for a NUC. But the NUC I picked didn't have the mSATA interface... just the 2.5". It was a "rush" gift so I couldn't go through time to return NUC.