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Samsung SM951 finally unveiled! (2,150MB/s & 1,550MB/s)

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RamCity said:
Mind if I ask which specific M.2 to PCIe adapter you were using? It seems odd that in this scenario the SM951 wouldn't run faster, unless you were using a PCIe 2.0 adapter.

If it it is Bplus brand, then that might explain it as they are PCIe 2.0 . The Lycom DT-120 is PCIe 3.0 and should allow the SM951 to run faster, but yet to be tested.
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It was the Bplus M2P4A, at the time it hadn't been announced yet that the drive was 3.0 x4 so I didn't bother getting a 3.0 adapter.

Like I said though, I got about the same speed in the M.2 slot on that MSI board so I'm not sure if the adapter was the limiting factor or the drive itself.
 
Aibohphobia said:
It was the Bplus M2P4A, at the time it hadn't been announced yet that the drive was 3.0 x4 so I didn't bother getting a 3.0 adapter.

Like I said though, I got about the same speed in the M.2 slot on that MSI board so I'm not sure if the adapter was the limiting factor or the drive itself.
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Interesting! There will be some in-depth hardware reviews coming out very shortly which should shed some light on this.
 
Hellhammer said:
Booting from PCIe/NVMe enabled devices requires specific UEFI/BIOS keys that are not part of the stock versions. Right now it's up to the motherboard OEMs to modify their UEFI for each drive, but with Skylake the platform should include native support PCIe booting without any extra drivers/hacks.
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I have been wondering what happened here since the 9-series came out. Why would one even release a drive interface technology like this if it isn't even bootable on it's own?
 
Just an update that I've asked MSI to clarify their recent BIOS updates with NVMe support. I'm not satisfied with what I know about why NVMe isn't fully compatible with 9-series chipsets, hence my answers have been rather high-level, but hopefully that will be fixed soon.
 
RamCity said:
Interesting! There will be some in-depth hardware reviews coming out very shortly which should shed some light on this.
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I'll look forward to that. I'm pretty sure it's just because my drive was an early production version made specifically for Lenovo and not an indicator of the performance of the regular production drives.


Hellhammer said:
Just an update that I've asked MSI to clarify their recent BIOS updates with NVMe support. I'm not satisfied with what I know about why NVMe isn't fully compatible with 9-series chipsets, hence my answers have been rather high-level, but hopefully that will be fixed soon.
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Good to hear, hopefully it's something that's completely fixable with just BIOS updates and we won't have to wait for the next chipset for full compatibility.
 
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