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Saw this deal https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/719814 and looked up one for the 970 evo plus.
Decent price for 970 for those with PCIe 3.0 ports.
Also $252.45 at Computer Alliance Ebay with the same coupon code.
[Afterpay] Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 PCIe 3.0 2TB SSD $250.75 Delivered @ Shopping Express eBay
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TheJellyMaster on 19/08/2022 - 22:32 ebay.com.au (593 clicks)
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Last edited 19/08/2022 - 22:39 by 1 other user
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it's 2TB
PCIe is backwards compatible, a gen 4 drive will work in a gen 3 board. You just need to check the key type.
This is what I thought too, but recently purchased a 2TB gen4 SSD for the 2nd m.2 slot on a ~4 year old PC and it didn't work (didn't even show up as visible in the BIOS, completely undetectable). Confirmed the drive wasn't dead by plugging it into another newer PC and it showed up just fine. I just returned it.
Sometimes your m2 lanes are shared with your sata lanes. You’d need to check your manual to see but it is typical especially in the 2nd slot. So you need to move your sata cables or it won’t show up.
I did cross-reference the manual for lane conflicts/disabling to rule that out - which is not the issue (had the 2nd m.2 slot running a small 500GB Sata m.2 ssd just fine). The motherboard simply couldn't handle the gen4 m.2 ssd. I also checked the gen4 m.2 ssd in the 1st m.2 slot and same problem, despite the 1st slot currently running a gen 3 NVMe ssd with no issues.
Your second m.2 might only support sata type m.2 drives depending on lanes etc used also AMD Athlon CPU's for example only support m.2 sata drives, even older motherboards might have certain restrictions as person mentioned above
The 2nd m.2 slot definitely supports sata at least because it is currently running a small 500GB Sata m.2 ssd just fine. However, I checked the gen4 NVMe with the 1st m.2 slot as well of course and same problem. The 1st slot is currently running a gen 3 NVMe drive with no issues. The motherboard simply couldn't handle the gen4 m.2 ssd.
The CPU is an i7-8700 and the board is Asrock B360 Pro4. Also cross-referenced the manual for lane conflicts/disabling and no issues there.
Earlier generation motherboards often didn't support nvme on their second slot, only sata. Same stick, different brains.
I checked it with the 1st m.2 slot as well of course and same problem. The 1st slot is currently running a gen 3 NVMe drive with no issues. I also cross-referenced the manual for lane conflicts/disabling to rule that out - which is not the issue either because the 2nd m.2 slot was running a small 500GB Sata m.2 ssd just fine. The motherboard simply couldn't handle the gen4 m.2 ssd.
i got mine for $374 2 years ago, can i get a refund difference? :)
If you have that protection on your credit card that you purchased it with, and its less than 2 years, then go for it.
wait that's an actual thing?
Usually is an extra that you pay for. And the price is 295 if you put in the claim, because coupons aren't accepted.
I paid $319 for a 500gb 960 EVO 5 years ago.
Electric bay/shallothead is shopping express? Not futu_online?
Edit: search from other posts stated they are the same. I.e. KS computer
Maybe include 2TB in title?