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#257193 19-Sep-2019 21:33
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My SSD is running out of space in my machine and I thought rather than just put in a larger one I would take advantage of the M.2 connector in the MB.

 

The MB is this one  https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-A320M-S2H-rev-1x/sp#sp

 

The documentation says the M.2 socket is as follows

 

1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2* SSD support)
* Actual support may vary by CPU.
* Supports only M.2 SATA SSDs when using an AMD Athlon™ 200-series/ 7th Generation A-series or Athlon™ APU.

 

The current processor in the MB is an AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

 

I am new to this are but this does mean I can put in something like this?

 

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/HDDWD13012/WD-Black-SN750-250GB-M2-NVMe-SSD-Read-up-to-3100MB

 

 

 

or I am limited to something like this

 

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/HDDINT3705515/Intel-SSD-545s-M2-256GB-M2-SATA-6GBS-Read-up-to-55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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  #2320765 19-Sep-2019 21:52
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According to the manual, you can go with the NVMe M.2 SSD.





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  #2320773 19-Sep-2019 22:07
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This is worth the time to have a watch if you are interested in what to choose.

 





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  #2320877 20-Sep-2019 05:36
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honestly for the price the smallest i would go these days is 500GB




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  #2320892 20-Sep-2019 08:27
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Sounds good thanks. I will probably get 1TB version since the prices are so good.

 

 

 

What about this one? So many choices

 

 

 

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/HDDINT4279494/Intel-SSD-660P-3D2-QLC-1TB-M2-2280-NVMe-PCIe-Gen-3

I presume the process being, install the drive, restart Windows. Use disk manager to configure the disk and then do a clone of my current boot drive. Then go into the BIOS and change the boot device to the new NVME and restart and cross my fingers :-)





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