Yes, your AM3+ 970 gaming motherboard supports M.2 SSDs.

F5F Stay Refreshed Hardware Desktop Yes, your AM3+ 970 gaming motherboard supports M.2 SSDs.

Hagnarock
Senior Member

434

01-07-2016, 10:23 PM

This page shows details about the 970 motherboard. It doesn’t directly answer your question about slots, but it provides information you might need to check.

Hagnarock

01-07-2016, 10:23 PM #1

This page shows details about the 970 motherboard. It doesn’t directly answer your question about slots, but it provides information you might need to check.

sandieaak
Member

182

01-15-2016, 03:12 AM

No m.2 slot available. You may find adapters from SATA and PCIe, though NVMe support isn’t present.

sandieaak

01-15-2016, 03:12 AM #2

No m.2 slot available. You may find adapters from SATA and PCIe, though NVMe support isn’t present.

rex402003
Junior Member

01-17-2016, 03:22 AM

Use the SSD funds for a Ryzen upgrade—no slot available, so skip adapters. Likely incompatible with NVMe performance.

rex402003

01-17-2016, 03:22 AM #3

Use the SSD funds for a Ryzen upgrade—no slot available, so skip adapters. Likely incompatible with NVMe performance.

dreams1
Member

249

01-28-2016, 06:35 PM

I'm not sure if it's still an issue, but I managed to set up Windows from an NVMe Samsung 970 Plus using an adapter for gaming. It took some time, but it was quite straightforward. Just create a bootable installation USB and put it on the BIOS, switching it to UEFI mode. Then boot from the flash drive, delete all partitions on the NVMe, and select the unallocated space to install. It worked perfectly for me.

dreams1

01-28-2016, 06:35 PM #4