One of these drives are quite capable of fully saturating the DMI link between the northbridge and PCH. Just make sure you connect it to one of the PCIe slots coming off the northbridge. It performs a bit better then the Samsung XP941. Sequentially you'll go to 1400MB/s (read), 600MB/s (write, and even 1000MB/s on the 480GB version) on the HyperX, and the Marvell 9293 controller is no sloth when it comes to random I/O. Both come with a PCIe-to-M.2 adaptor which you'll need.Īs to performance, it's absolutely worth it. So in effect you have two choices currently, the Kingston HyperX Predator and Plextor M6e. However with your older mainboard, you'll have very limited options since you can't boot from an NVMe drive on your mainboard. Be aware that SATA M.2 drives do not perform any better then their 2.5" counterparts.
The protocol used is either AHCI or NVMe. the xp941, sm951 and 950 PRO are m.2 format (SSD looks like and about the size of a stick of gum) will require an adaptor card (M.2 to PCIE) - addonics and asus both offer them. But still, if/when you do upgrade your mobo, at least your drive is ready. As to the interface, they're just methods of physically connecting the drive to the mainboard. The NVMe protocol should still work as a data drive, but will not boot on your board.
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