Crucial MX300 1TB M.2 SSD
Next cheapest price on StaticIce $398.89
Original 10% off sitewide at eBay deal post
Update 28/2 6pm AEST - The seller has increased the listing price from $346.96 to $385.51. With 10% off, it now comes to $346.96.
The connection is M.2
The size of the board is 22x80 mm
Is this good? Been waiting on SSD sale for a while now
It appears to be good price for a 1tb M.2, but be aware this is a SATA unit not a PCIe (ie it is not super fast). The caution is you need a motherboard with a M.2 slot, an most of motherboards that have M.2 will disable one of your SATA ports if you are using the M.2 slot.
Ah screw, looks like i'll keep waiting then. Thank mate
do you know which ones dont disable a sata port? i mean if you have tons of sata ports to spare then it wont matter right? unless the "many" ports you have are just hubs sharing the same bandwidth
do you know which ones dont disable a sata port?
Your motherboard manual will tell you which SATA ports will be disable when the M.2 slot is in use
You have to check the motherboard specs individually. Thankfully they tell you which SATA port they disable if you are using a M.2 in SATA mode. It is an awareness thing, making sure you keep the disabled SATA port empty after you install the M.2 (SATA)
According to the formula vi manual on page 9, the m.2 ssd in this deal would not be suitable for your motherboard if you wanted to connect it through the mPCIe card (which I assume is populated with the wifi module?)
This is due to the fact that the m.2 ssd in this deal is too long (I imagine the VRM water block on the motherboard will not allow an 80mm long m.2 to fit)
'Support M.2 (NGFF) Type 2242 SSD card (22mm x 42mm), Support PCI express 2.0 x1 and SATA 6Gb/s standards'
If you wanted to fit an m.2 ssd to your mPCIe card, it'd have to be 42mm long or less and you'd have to remove the wifi card
Regarding which SATA ports will be disable if you were to use an m.2 ssd in the mPCIe card - from page 9:
'SATA 6Gb/s port 5 will be disabled when M.2 (NGFF) slot on mPCIe Combo II is in use'.
You can get around all of the above by using something like this which is an m.2 to pcie x4 card.
@a123dot: thanks very much. so i need a type 2242 card then
yeah the slot is really short.
did u find the manual on the asus website? cause i dont have my box anymore
btw will that ebay adapter utilise the card's speed to its maximum capacity? i.e. say if i got one of those top end samsung nvme ones
ive actually got 2 old crucial m500's in raid 0 atm. running at 1gps. wondering if any new single disk setup could beat that speed/IOPS
did u find the manual on the asus website? cause i dont have my box anymore
yep! here it is
btw will that ebay adapter utilise the card's speed to its maximum capacity?
yes, if you put it in one of the three pcie3.0 slots on your motherboard
say if i got one of those top end samsung nvme ones
it appears that your motherboard doesn't officially support nvme also going through the bios updates…none of them list nvme support as features. although there seem to be people with modded bios that provide support for nvme on asus z87
Depends on your motherboard
M.2 can be a direct connection to pcie, so there would be no difference
Some motherboards use a sata connection
On what motherboard does it disable a sata port? If you use a sata drive in a M.2 slot then it simply uses the sata controller. If you have a nvme in the M.2 then the pcie controls it.
The M.2 is just a socket, its not a controller and uses whatever is needed…
On what motherboard does it disables a sata port?
this is from the manual of the asus z87 maximus formula vi that we were talking about above:
'SATA 6Gb/s port 5 will be disabled when M.2 (NGFF) slot on mPCIe Combo II is in use'
it clearly says that sata 6gb/s port 5 will be disabled
here's another from the manual of the msi z97 gaming 7:
'The SATA5 and SATA6 ports will be unavailable when installing a module in the M.2 port'
clearly says sata5 and 6 will be unavailable
there are only x amount of sata ports available from the chipset. this eventually leads to sata ports being disabled when an m.2 sata drive is in use because these sata ports are shared. there are plenty of 8, 9 and 100 series motherboards that do this. sure the m.2 socket uses whatever is needed, only when what it needs is available
Ok I see, no wonder it has one disabled, 6 sata ports! :O
The average motherboard or even laptop it wont be an issue. On these over the top motherboards with amazing amounts of ports (16 usb ports on that board omg) then yes it might disable a sata port but I dont think that is a real concern unless you need 7 hdds.
Most ppl would only use a single 1TB drive and and if there are ppl that have 7 1TB SSD's in their system then sorry but I hate you… :P
I wonder whether it's worth getting this plus an M.2 to USB enclosure for this rather than buying an external ssd. Thoughts anyone?
Do you actually need it? External SSDs seem like a pretty niche thing whichever way you go, you'd want to be transferring large amounts of files fairly often for it to be worthwhile over a USB stick or a normal external HDD.
Bit of a Google gave me this which (while old-ish) seems to answer the big questions you might have - http://xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/startech-com-usb-3-0-m-2-ssd-…
I use an external SSD (a sata one in an orico USB3 caddy). It's pretty handy for photo editing, it's basically as fast as an internal drive, but I can move it from my PC to my laptop.
Doing a quick search, you can get this from Zapals which is an M.2 to USB3 drive for $14.45
The next cheapest price for a 1TB SSD (2.5" or M.2 form factor) on StaticIce is $379 for the Intel 1TB 540s 2.5" and add an external 2.5" enclosure from $10
If you're after an off the shelf, all in one external SSD they start from $569 for the Samsung 1TB T3 external USB3 drive
Just a heads up the Zapals enclosure you linked to doesn't fit this SSD which is 80mm.
From the Zapals description
"Supports M.2 (NGFF) card size 22 x 30 mm, 22 x 42 mm, 22 x 60 mm."
I got a $20 one from ebay . works well. It says comtop on it
Thanks guys. Will probably hold off for now.
Will this work on my macbook pro retina 13 Inch Mid 2014?
according to this ifixit guide, it appears not. the key on the m.2 slot does not look standard, most likely apple proprietary
thanks mate… seemed tempting to upgrade my storage…
also wondering
My motherboard supports socket 3, M.2, M key, 2280, PCIe x4/x2/x1 SSD support. Will this physically fit and be compatible?
Yes
Yes, it will fit (2280 size) but it will only work in SATA3 6gbps mode.
Thanks. Does PCIe have the same physical connection as SATA?
No - PCIe connections are different from SATA ports.
@Joe888:
M.2 is the physical connection standard. Think mini vs micro USB.
M.2 can use either SATA or PCIe to transfer data. With PCIe being faster.
If you have a SATA M.2 SSD it will be limited to the speeds of SATA.
Great price$/GB
Now i just need a computer that can let me play BF1 and GTA 5 at the same time.
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