07-29-2016 05:55 PM - last edited on 03-06-2024 01:55 AM by ROGBot
07-30-2016 07:03 AM
07-30-2016 10:32 AM
JustinThyme wrote:
if its the slim form fator 9.5mm it should work but I don't understand why you would do this. First and foremost before you jump off the cliff not every G751JY that did not come with the M2 drive installed, particularly the WX stripped down versions, will even have the M2 connector on the MOBO. You will be able to see where it goes but the spot will be void of a connector. So make sure you know 100% that its even capable.
Two, That is not a SATA M2 slot, its PCIe but NOT NVMe. You will need to get something comparable to the Samsung SM951 AHCI drive. The choices are limited.
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SM951-512GB-AHCI-MZHPV512HDGL-00000/dp/B00VELDBJ6
Make sure the first 4 letters are MZHP as a MZVP is NVMe and will NOT work.
If you just want to use a SATA III 850 EVO in the primary slot you dont need to worry about M2 at all. But why cheat yourself out of 5x the speed that M2 has over SATAIII?
So if you just want to put what you said above in no need for a carriage, just put the SSD on the right side, clone the HDD to it (ALL PARTITIONS!!!) When its done pull out the old one and put the SSD in its place and reboot, done. If you are installing a Samsung consumer version drive the Samsung data migration tool works better at cloning than just about anything Ive tried and is MUCH faster. Only caveat is it only works when cloning to a Samsung drive.
Also be aware that ASUS pulled a crappy joke on folks, the Secondary drive bay is sata II as is the optical bay.
If it were me Id make sure the machine can take a M2, get the SM951 linked above, install macrium reflect a shut down the machine, open up the service bay, move the primary drive to the secondary, side. Install the new M2 SSD in its place on the left, reboot where you will mostly likely get prompted right to bios to select the drive as it has moved. Then once booted install Intel IRST drivers from the intel website for the M2 drive. Then clone your spinner to the SSD. Shut down, remove spinner, reboot, select new drive as boot device if necessary, done.
So if you just want to put what you said above in no need for a carriage, just put the SSD on the right side, clone the HDD to it (ALL PARTITIONS!!!) When its done pull out the old one and put the SSD in its place and reboot, done. If you are installing a Samsung consumer version drive the Samsung data migration tool works better at cloning than just about anything Ive tried and is MUCH faster. Only caveat is it only works when cloning to a Samsung drive.
Also be aware that ASUS pulled a crappy joke on folks, the Secondary drive bay is sata II as is the optical bay.
07-30-2016 09:22 PM
07-30-2016 11:06 PM
JustinThyme wrote:
The primary side where the M2 slot would be if you have one would be on the left as you are looking at bottom up with the service cover removed.
In this borrowed image the Yellow image shows the M2, Red shows the SATA III. the other side is SATA II.
A lot of folks put an M2 in, nothing says you have to use a 128GB, 512 GB SM951s are readily available. As far as space is concerned a lot of people put the M2 in, remove the 850 Pro from the case and mount it on top of the M2. In my opinion no amount of space is going to make up for the difference in speed.
spinner, 100MB/s for 7200 rpm drive
SATA III SSD 500MB/s
M2 PCIe AHCI up to 2500MB/s
Me I have a G752VY with 2 512GB M2 NVMe 950 pros in raid 0 and a 1TB SATA III 850 evo.
07-31-2016 09:11 AM
JustinThyme wrote:
As far as space is concerned a lot of people put the M2 in, remove the 850 Pro from the case and mount it on top of the M2.
JustinThyme wrote:
They will be separate drives. Mine is set up with programs and things that need accessed with higher speed on the primary and media on the other drive.
07-31-2016 07:31 AM
08-01-2016 05:55 PM
08-02-2016 04:38 PM
JustinThyme wrote:
Like I said before that WX is a stripped down model with a spinner HDD and DVD instead of bluray.
08-02-2016 10:08 PM