ITX mobo and M.2

[strikeout]

I am looking to upgrade since I still have a platter system. Is there anything other than the asrock board? I noticed it only supports 2 channels. I would like to pair it with a samsung or corsair stick in the 500mb-1tb range if possible.

 

[SolidBladez]

Are you referring to LGA 2011-3? Because there's plenty of mini-ITX boards for LGA 1150 that have M.2 support.

 

[strikeout]

Any recommendations? I am not planning to overclock. Yes, I will be running 1150.

 

[Phuncz]

Asus Z97I-PLUS
Asus Maximus VII Impact
Asus H97I-PLUS
MSI Z97I Gaming ACK
ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac

These are a few boards that have an M.2 slot.
What SSD you want to put in there depends on the supported M.2 format and vice-versa.

- PCIe or SATA-600
- PCIe 2.0 or 3.0, 2 lanes or 4 lanes
- M.2 type 2230, 2242, 2260, 2280 (length)
- NVMe or AHCI

And many more aspects. If you want a socket 1150 board with the fastest supported M.2 variant, then go with the Maximus VII Impact. As far as I know it's the only mITX board with a PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 slot with support for AHCI and NVMe, along with the desired Type 2280 support (or even longer).

 

[yolostrats]

The most ideal is the Asus H97i or Z97i. The MSI and asrock one both do not support 80mm m.2 drives.

I have a Crucial M550 512gb m.2 SSD in a Asus H97i.

 

[Phuncz]

The most ideal is the M7I due to it's PCIe 3.0 x4 lanes (not 2.0 like most) and NVMe support, but it's ridiculously expensive just for that.