Yes, you could use the NVME drive as your main boot drive by installing it via a PCIE slot on the GA-H110M-DS2.
Yes, you could use the NVME drive as your main boot drive by installing it via a PCIE slot on the GA-H110M-DS2.
Looking to replace the old hard drive with a new one from your friend. Uncertain about the installation process, wondering if using an Evo 970 would make it your primary boot drive or just extra space. You intend to store games on the NVMe drive and your operating system there—just in case I didn’t find anyone else asking the same question.
You're asking about connecting a PCIe adapter. It seems your motherboard likely only has one PCIe 3 slot in the GPU area, which might limit performance. You mentioned previous experience with 3x1 connectors being slightly faster than SATA, suggesting this setup could offer around half that speed. You're considering whether to use a PCIe adapter or stick with a SATA drive for better reliability and potentially lower cost. It's also worth noting that backing up important data is recommended if you proceed this way.
I'll check later to see if it performs better. Will it still work with NVMe as well?
It depends on whether it uses an adapter. If supported, it should boot. I’m unsure about the exact details. You might want to reach out to Gigabyte for clarification or check the manual. Regarding your graphics card, if you have one, the existing slots will likely be occupied by slower ones, and you’d need an adapter anyway.
Bandwidth isn't the only factor; NVMe handles input operations more efficiently, which might make it feel noticeably quicker than SATA in some scenarios. But if your motherboard lacks NVMe ports, it's unlikely you'll experience any boot issues, and the performance gap to SATA is probably minimal anyway.