SSD PCIe El Capitan

[JoaquinSanchiz]

Anyone of you using a SSD PCIe? Is this compatible with El Capitan? I am thinking about getting this http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/30950/NVMe-SAMSUNG-MZVPV256

Do you know any other option of getting that W/R speed? Normally SSD "only" goes 500Mbps W/R, and doing an array0 is maybe more expensive compared to that..

 

[JoaquinSanchiz]

Anyone using this?

 

[ammulder]

I'm using an m.2 PCIe x4 (Kingston HyperX Predator) and it works fine. BlackMagic reports 640MB/s write and 1240MB/s read.

Edit: that said, I've heard mixed signals about NVMe drives (like the one you linked to) in OS X. The most recent I read was that it was seen by Clover but not OS X. Mine is an AHCI drive.

 

[shakakoa]

Anyone using this?

I have El Capitan working with my M.2 Samsung 500GB SSD (using a PCIE adapter w/ heatsink).

Having issues with the MLB/ROM and getting MAC App Store to work -- but everything else works great.

 

[matey]

Is this the same?

http://www.tonymacx86.com/desktop-compatibility/177834-m-2-samsung-950-pro-ssd-nvme.html

 

[dealstack]

So I'm confused if these use only one SSD or if people are using these for RAID boot with two SSDs?

 

[UNOE]

So I'm confused if these use only one SSD or if people are using these for RAID boot with two SSDs?

Its one SSD and about 4 times faster than SATA SSD's.

 

[UNOE]

Anyone of you using a SSD PCIe? Is this compatible with El Capitan? I am thinking about getting this http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/30950/NVMe-SAMSUNG-MZVPV256

Do you know any other option of getting that W/R speed? Normally SSD "only" goes 500Mbps W/R, and doing an array0 is maybe more expensive compared to that..

Just read this thread. http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-h...-nvme-m-2-solid-state-drives-released-15.html

 

[ammulder]

Yes, I've now been able to use an NVMe drive (Samsung 950 Pro) as a boot drive on several 170 boards and the NUC. The final speed depends a bit on the board; while still faster than virtually any other drive, it was a bit bandwidth-limited in the Broadwell NUC.

 

[UNOE]

Yes, I've now been able to use an NVMe drive (Samsung 950 Pro) as a boot drive on several 170 boards and the NUC. The final speed depends a bit on the board; while still faster than virtually any other drive, it was a bit bandwidth-limited in the Broadwell NUC.

If your using pcie 3.0 adapter you will get full speed. I wouldn't recommend using the motherboard m.2 slot. Most are limited even on x99. See this post.