M2 Question

[Riznarf]

Hey all,

So - I (like a pro) bought the following without checking to see if my rig will allow it:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147594

My mobo is pretty old, so I'm sure the answer to the question here is "no", but is there any way the below mobo is compatible with the above M2?

https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/P8Z77V_LX2/

 

[PP Mguire]

Your board doesn't even have an M.2 slot, so that's a negative ghost rider, BUT an AIC would probably work. I never got around to testing my 960 EVO on my 2500k rig so not sure, but I do know there's a way to force NVMe on older rigs. You can also just run it standard AHCI PCI-E 3.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018U79YQK/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I27JU0D7WN1ZXH&colid=220R35B08X7F

 

[Riznarf]

So, just to be clear - it would work no problem on this guys, though:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...m_re=asus_prime_z270-p-_-13-132-939-_-Product

Just plug it into a PCIe port (the same as a GPU) and it should work out of the box?

 

[PP Mguire]

That board has an M.2 slot on it.