PC - Motherboard and Hard Drive Compatibility

Lmattyturbo on 07/12/2022 - 23:41

Hi,

I’ve just begun the process of building my first PC and have been going good with checking certain compatibility with certain parts.

I recently purchased a Gigabyte Z790 Gaming X AX LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard and recently saw the deal with the Samsung 990 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD 2TB.

So quickly grabbed the SSD hard drive without thinking that there would be a possibility that it would not be compatible. I just thought a big name brand SSD would all be compatible.

I’ve only just realised now that there is a memory SSD and M2 support list for that motherboard. The Samsung 990 pro is NOT on that list.

Am I screwed? Will the new 990 pro work or am I better to buy one that is definitely on the support list?

Thanks
Matt

Computing ATX Computer Component Gigabyte LGA1700 M.2 PCIe NVMe Motherboard Samsung SSD

Comments

  • RichardL on 07/12/2022 - 23:43
    +3

    It should work fine, as your motherboard supports PCIe 4.0. The Samsung 990 Pro might not be listed as it was just released.

    PS: Just plug them into PCPartPicker, and it will tell you if they are compatible or not - I'll start you off https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/f38N78

  • randomusername2017 on 07/12/2022 - 23:49
    +1

    Should be fine …most likely 990 too new for the supported list.

  • mattyturbo on 07/12/2022 - 23:54

    Yeah I thought that too. I also assumed that the supported list might just be for older cards but it’s a mixture. The 980 Pro 1tb is supported but 980 Pro 2TB is not mentioned. It’s like pulling random numbers from a barrel and saying yep that one is supported.

  • garetz on 08/12/2022 - 00:01

    It's fine, dont worry about it.

  • kaleidoscope on 08/12/2022 - 00:11
    +1

    Daymnn son, that's some deep pockets you've got :)

    It should work fine as your board lists support for

    Next Generation Storage：4*PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 Connectors

    • bazingaa on 08/12/2022 - 03:02
      +1

      CPU:

      1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)

      Chipset:

      2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB, M2Q_SB)
1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB)
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
* Refer to "2-8 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors.
  • bazingaa on 08/12/2022 - 03:01
    +1

    this reminds me good old days where HDD compatibility really mattered, 0.5 GB limit and 8 GB limit in BIOS, now do we still check compatibility ?

    • [Deactivated] on 08/12/2022 - 05:12

      With DDR5 just released, yes.

      • bazingaa on 08/12/2022 - 11:56
        +1

        what's DDR5 have to do with SSD ? :O

        • [Deactivated] on 08/12/2022 - 12:30

          Motherboard compatibility.

  • mattyturbo on 08/12/2022 - 05:51

    Awesome. Thank you everyone

  • GordonD on 08/12/2022 - 08:56
    +1

    Congratulations OP for thinking up a pretext to justify creating a posting that allowed you to boast that you can spend a lot more money than most of the rest of us on really good computing stuff. It is a pretty weak pretext thought that a motherboard from a major mainstream manufacturer might somehow not be compatible with an SSD from the biggest manufacturer of those. As if that was likely.

    • randomusername2017 on 08/12/2022 - 10:11
      +1

      4k Turbo pron is a legitimate necessity though..

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