We have been stating it since the launch of Z97 reviews, M.2. PCIe based SSDs are gonna be hot as they are freed of the 6 Gbps SATA3 bottleneck. Right now though 10 Gbps is the limit. However Samsung ... Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 SSD Does 1170 MB/sec
And with one of these PCIe adapters, you could use these drives in an older motherboard.. and get full speed from what it looks like. http://www.ebay.com/itm/DT-120-Lycom-M-2-NGFF-SSD-to-PCIe-3-0-x4-adapter-/251521153976?pt=AU_HardDrives&hash=item3a8fd43bb8
Yes, you can get full speed so long as it is installed in at least a PCIe 2.0 x4 slot. You'll get close to top speed in a PCIe 1.0 x8 slot too. Be aware that you can't boot the XP941 SSD in a standard PC with the Lycom DT-120 adapter though. It's only some of the new Z97 motherboards with a compatible M.2 socket in which booting is supported. Rod
would be nice if i was to stick with my x58 build, but i need to rebuild my pc at somepoint, bent pin in the 1366 socket are start to cause me issue ( found out about this after rma window expired).
Hi Rod, I'm hoping you can help me. I have a ASUS Z97-WS with a M.2 mSATA/mPCIe NGFF slot. It has the M.2 Socket 3. Will the Samsung XP941 256gb M.2 work at full bandwith and can I use it as a boot drive? This is ASUS web page info on the socket: The manual says this:
