Question about the Asus X99-m WS board with Samsung 950 pro...

[dmoney1980]

Hello there!

I'm looking at getting an Asus x99m-ws board. The issue I'm having is that the m.2 slot operates at 10gb/sec speed and not full 4x / 32gb/sec speed. So I was wondering if I can just buy an adapter and use the Samsung 850 pro drive in a PCIE slot instead?

I've read online that this motherboards' 3rd pcie slot is tied to the m.2 slot and may not operate at full speed.

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

 

[bradly1101]

You mean the 950, and yes.

 

[Fizzy Coca-Cola]

I'm not sure you can boot off of that config, so don't worry about that. Wait til next week is over, many new parts are coming out with broadwell-e and pascal in the next three weeks. Expect a 1TB 950 pro, the 950 EVOs, and more u.2 connections on new x99 boards, which are raid 0 compatible. Basically, now is the worst time to buy a new board

 

[dmoney1980]

I'm not sure you can boot off of that config, so don't worry about that. Wait til next week is over, many new parts are coming out with broadwell-e and pascal in the next three weeks. Expect a 1TB 950 pro, the 950 EVOs, and more u.2 connections on new x99 boards, which are raid 0 compatible. Basically, now is the worst time to buy a new board

thanks for the heads up. I know BWE was around the corner, but I wasn't aware it was so soon!