SAMSUNG EVO 970 Plus M.2 NVMe SSD | Step-by-Step Installation, Configuration & Performance Testing
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
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In this video, I walk through from start to finish, exactly how to install an M.2 NVMe SSD drive in a Z370 chipset motherboard. We look at BIOS settings to optimize performance and understand how to overcome potential conflicts with currently install drives . Finally, we benchmark the sequential read/write performance of the Samsung EVO 970 Plus vs a Samsung EVO 860 SATA3, and both 7200 and 5400 RPM HDDs. I also provide some insight on what kind of impact you might expect on video editing performance when using an NVMe SSD drive.
I just bought the 970 1TB and I also have that EXACT screwdriver set .... I like this guy.
I watched many tutorials and guides on how to set this M.2 up and yours, by far, is the best! Thanks!
Yeah the expectation is that you are moderate to expert in computer engineering, not very customer oriented.
10:19 The post SATA plug in satisfaction grunt ;)
just got my first M.2 setup on my motherboard and this tutorial helped out a lot compared to the others videos..2 years still the best :)
Way better job explaining than every video I've looked at on RUclips. It seems nobody on RUclips knows how to actually setup the bios. For me, it's the first thing I think about after I know if I have the right setup on my motherboard.
Thank you. My 970 EVO didn't come with any instructions, nor did my computer on the SSD drives. This is the only tutorial I found that showed how to make the computer recognize the SSD drive. Most people show how to put the 970 in the computer..DUGH! that's easy but the computer stil cant see the drive. You are a life saver.
I just got a 500gb one for Christmas, and your video has been the best one ive seen so far, thank you so much for showing me what I needed to do.
You gotta be kidding me. You're a life saver, I was about to return my SSD tomorrow, I thought it was defective. Thank you!
Someone didn't read MB manual. :)
I like this video. It's not a "watch me play a game on my NVMe SSD drive". This is a genuine tutorial on how to get Windows to actually recognize a new NVMe M.2 SSD drive, and how to get it up and running. Thanks so much for your help!
I was stuck trying to figure out how to setup my ssd for an hour, and happened to stumble on your video. Easy to follow and super informative, thanks!
I just want to let you know, you just saved me a meltdown. It took me forever to install this, and if it wasnt for you, explaining that the nvme was taking my sata drives 5 and 6, i wouldve been stuck. I was getting just blank screens with no bios or anything after installing this, only until i moved my other sata drives to 3 and 4, did it finally work. thank you so much.
Yeah that was good info, i run on the asus dual xeon motherboard Z10-PE with i think 7 drives in total, so adding this i will likely be forced to run in x2 mode but even then it would be way faster than my spinning drives for running a game like Star citizen that takes 5+ minutes to load today.
Dude, thanks so much! just tried to set up a 970 evo m.2 and the bios and partitioning part of the video saved me! Not even Samsung themselves included anything to help
2022, this man saved me a headache, nowhere online does it explain how to set it up, they only say to just format it but thats not an option until you create a simple volume. thanks MVP
All how to videos on installing a M.2 nvme should be deleted except this one thank you for walking us threw the whole physical installation and going threw bios changes to make sure it actually reads and windows disk format so its actually works and ready to use and i feel testing out your new ssd was a bit of a bonus always good to see real numbers. Im just relief this video exist cuz every other youtubers videos starts out with a ssd and sticking in the motherboard m.2 slot and end their video like there was nothing else to do after that arghh.
You should initialize the drive with GPT partition style. It's newer system, it still allows to use NTFS file system, but is safer and less prone to errors. I think it's faster too. Will create more (4?)hidden partitions during fresh OS install, but they're not big.
exactly my thoughts. gpd is standard at W10.
It looked like he didnt even know what it was, btw is F2FS better/faster then NTFS?
@@DaftPunkSkittle how do u format with f2fs though?
Wonderful video. I have a 7200RPM 1TB harddrive. I purchased this same exact SSD yesterday. It arrives tomorrow and I'll be looking forward while very excited to use it. Boot Times, Load Times. I cant wait!
I really appreciate u for taking the time out to make this video it was very helpful!!
after watching at least 20 videos your’s is the only one that helped. Thank you soo much?
Will be doing a video in the next week about whether or not it helps to use a heatsink with your M.2 drive (and how to install one). :)
Hey David,
Just want to say that this was extremely informative and educational. I am just about to install my first M.2 and your video is only making me more excited.
Have a good day!
Get it!
Got the 970 Evo Plus installed on my new rig. ✌️
Thanks a lot. You save my day. Applied your instructions and now M.2 is fully operational
We practically had all the same stuff including the motherboard so this video made installing my M2 SUPER EASY THANK U
This was so helpful! Also that read/write statistics you showed at the end sold me on getting this. Amazing results!
Im installing the same drive today. Just waiting for Amazon to deliver it.
Simple, clear, no over explanation, straight to the point!
If you are wondering or you should go for mbr or gpt, just always go for gpt because mbr does not support thew newer uefi bios setting
MBR can always be converted to gpt without having to install windows again or having to lose any data, so at the end it doesn't matter too much but it's always better to choose gpt in the first place and set your bios to UEFI
If you want to convert your mbr to gpt just open cmd, enter this command
mbr2gpt /convert /allowfullos
and then restart, enter the bios and set it to uefi. (in some cases it automatically sets it self to uefi, i think this especially happens at newer motherboards so you can just try to let it boot first before entering the bios)
Just for your information, MBR supports legacy and GPT supports both, the only thing converting mbr to gpt does is it takes a few mb from your drive and makes a new partition. so i think the chance it goes wrong is small.
Excellent info. Thanks for contributing!
Thank you so much!! This video guided me from start to finish.. Now loaded with 2 drives of 2TB 970 evo hell yeah you’re the man!!
Just wanted to say that your video was one of the best I've ever seen regarding this topic. Easy to follow and you had my new drives up and running, thank you!
You are not supposed to screw the M.2 into the board.
The board comes with a riser which you should place in the correct position.~
Then you screw the M.2 into the riser, that way its level and not bent down to the board.
there was a riser installed already... he has 3 of them on each position
My Samsung 970 EVO Plus arrived today, and I did *not* search for this video, it just popped up in my recommendations. What’s going on, RUclips?
Anyway, thank you for a great video! Very helpful.
duuuuddeeee thank you soooo much i thought just installing the drivers would be enough but it wasn not. this worked for me. I appreciate you taking time and making this video for us seriously!!!!!!!!!!
FINALLY someone that knows what hes talking about. THANK YOU¡¡
I just love that you have one cable less to worry about with m.2 NVMe SSDs, just ordered a new system with 2 slots so I can easily expand in the future
Just so that you know, SATA M.2 drives are similar in that they don't require cables. On paper, they're not as fast as NVMe. However, they perform almost identical in video games. Don't be one of those idiots getting NVMe for gaming; you gain virtually no benefit. That's a fact.
@@googlewolly I got a NVMe mainly for OS because I wanted to have at least some top tier parts, I have an additional SSD for games and a large HDD for general storage and old games where the loading times are limited by engine rather than storage (or simply not significant enough)
as a first time completely building a pc and after trying to cable manage my old PC I just noticed how massively more convenient it is to simply screw the SSD on your mainboard, didn't know about SATA M.2 drives at the time so thanks for the heads up I'll consider it if I upgrade in the future but probably prices are going to drop until then anyway
@@brohvakiindova4452 Yeah - M.2 is nice. Do note, though, that using the M.2 slot usually (if not always) disabled one or two SATA ports. I'm not sure if it applies to just SATA M.2 SSDs or also NVMe M.2 SSDs being put into the M.2 slot.
@js59695 I stated why. Try reading the comment all of the way. NVMe provides virtually no benefit with respect to game-load times. If you can get a TLC NVMe for as much as a SATA SSD, go for it. Don't buy Samsung, though. They're overpriced.
@@googlewolly yeah I know, if the time comes I'll have to recheck my mainboards specs anyway
Just got my new M.2 tb for my birthday, video was spot on for setting it up ! cheers mate
This is the Most usefull video that I've ever seen! Oh wow! Learned sooooo much from this! Thank you man!
Thanks for the guide, I got it work on my first try! Never done anything like this before.
Adding to my little thoughtful and intelligent circle. Thanks! Will be doing the same on my office system.
you made the changes for m2_2 x4 which is the slot on the bottom with the shield, but you instaled in m2_1 which in bios was set on auto.
thank you so much for your thorough explanation, I was very disappointed in the clickbait reviews of insertion, screw-down and you are done videos. It goes to show you take care to be highly responsible for your work. Thank you for educating us newbies. That is how you get subscribers.
You're very welcome! And thanks for the kind words!
I thought these things were plug and play lmao!
This video was very helpful!
I finally setup my 970 evo plus on my ROG Zephyrus M15. Thanks! 👍
Thanks for the great video. I've just got the 970 EVO Plus 250 GB PCIe NVMe M.2 (2280) to be used for my OS and all the drivers etc.
You sir are awesome at giving directions step by step!!! Thank you so much you helped me out of going nuts over here!!
Glad to help
I think the standoff you used (at about 8:55) to screw down the M.2 is actually intended for the M.2 to rest on top of. (Yes, I know the standoff you screwed in was not intended for an M.2 drive, but the idea is the same.) You notice the standoff itself has threading on top to accept a small screw. That screw is what should hold down and secure the M.2. Your method obviously worked for you but I'm not sure whether it would or not for all mobos.
You're right - in this original video, I couldn't find an actual 'proper' screw in my parts kit so I used another standoff since it also had the right threads and secured the M.2 the same as the proper screw. Also, in this video, I (like a total noob) assumed the threaded nut on the MB was also a standoff and so failed to install the proper standoff directly on the MB first. I've noted that in a few other comments and have since remedied that misstep. I've also since gotten a few of the correct screws (and pinned a comment with link to them since a lot of people ask about that). Really don't know why they don't just include a couple of screws in the package with the M.2...
Great job, I just did the exact same upgrade and your video was invaluable, thanks!
Thank you very much!! This video was all I needed!! Much love from Brazil
II'm installing my 1st NVME drive today,your video helped me a lot !
Awesome!
thank you so much. While some of my BIOS settings were different from yours., I was able to follow the essential set up practices that you showed and had my ssd set up in no time. Thank you
Well this is great! Im getting the exact same drive for christmas!!!! Im gonna use it for everything..os and all! Ive been out of the computer scene for 12 years as in hardware tech. I do have a decent motherboard and video and 32gig of ram. i glanced at my bios in preperation and hope it goes smooth! Bookmarked!
Man you really helped me out!! Just got my second m.2 nvme and it was running at only 1700 mb/s and switching the settings to X4 fixed it.
Really appreciate it thanks alot! Have a nice christmas time.
Just spent this morning installing a 1TB M.2 SSD, your instructions were a great help, thought I had a clear slot but the Graphics card covered the SATAs so,had to take that out to free up the channel for the SSD. Did that and swapped the cables round, installed the M.2 SSD, graphics card back in, sorted BIOS and disc management and all booted up and worked fine. Time to download Cyberpunk 2077, glitches and all..!
Very nice informative video!
I'm installing a 2TB ssd in my laptop in the next few weeks and this video is super helpful, thank you! I was intimidated by the software side of it(never used bios before)if anyone can point me to the direction of any other videos that may help please do so!
Thanks for the excellent review and installation! This sold me on my 3-year old z170 Pro Gaming MB. I have an older Samsung SSD sata drive, and this video sold me on upgrading. Many thanks!
Thanks for this video and showing the benchmark results...that was just awesome along with the difference it makes in read/write performance. I plan on upgrading my computer which has an SSD and I'll be adding an M.2 NVME SSD. Well done...liked and subscribed. 🤓👍
Thank you so much for the kind words! Once you go NVMe, you never go back!
This is the best drive I've owned . evo 970 plus.
Thank you for your video. It is very easy to understand with step by step.
You're amazing. Thank you for this very helpful and informative video.
They need to pay you for getting me to buy this from Amazon c:
Hope you have a lovely day!
Thank you. It helped a lot in installing 1Gb onto my new Legion 5.
Nice!
My mistake, I was looking for howto use it as your main C drive as I'm experiencing problems installing windows 10. Thanks for the video anyway.
I did do a follow-up video that might provide some help for you: ruclips.net/video/2rrPuam3fRM/видео.html
Optimally you would want to put your base medium your working with on one drive with your final work completed to a second drive. This is far more beneficial for those that are still suing HD's, or slower SSD's. Most SSD's and M.2's will also come with provisioning software which is similar to using something like PrimoCache and a RAMDisk. For those that do not have a motherboard with M.2 capability, they make a PCIe M.2 adapters. There are no conflicts, just merely knowing how to go about configuring a system for optimal performance overall. For even more performance set your C: drives static pagefile from 512 to 1024mb with a dynamic part (system managed) on the fastest drive. But also move the USER and system TMP|TEMP folders to the fastest drive. There are certain system services that can also be switched to manual or to a off that are automatically turned on by default. Black Viper has a page that covers this should anyone wish to do a web search for it. For most people these are new concepts, while for others it is not. In this regard I appreciate your content that you have taken the time to share. Thank You. :)
i could swear i was looking at my last build. cheers!!
Hopefully you had better cable management! Haha
Thanks for a informative video. Im actually buying the 250GB version for my C: drive tomorrow. Cheers.
you help me and i buy this ssd thank for this great video
Very well done, I just decided to buy one and this is very helpful. Thanks
Thanks dude that was well helpful, the graph tells all.
What an absurdly helpful video. Thank you!
Thank you! :-) I'm picking my 970+ 1TB up today. Great video! Vantec, who I love, has this $20 card/PCIe adaptor for your 960. It gets rave reviews and will bring out the full speed of a 970+! (If you have enough slots and lanes or whatever) Please Google: Vantec M.2 NVMe + M.2 SATA SSD PCIe x4 Adapter (UGT-M2PC200)
Amazon sells it as does newegg @ www.newegg.com/vantec-model-ugt-m2pc200-pcie-to-m-2/p/N82E16815287036
tnx man really helped me out with this video i just installed my 2tb pny m.2 ssd with your help
Awesome!
Really helped alot thx man keep up the work
Samsung has a specific Driver update tool called SAMSUNG MAGICIAN that will let it perform even faster.
I will have to check that out. Thanks!
Samsung's Magician is a great provisioning and drive tool. Most companies have followed suit in providing such tools. :)
it doesnt do much for 970 evo plus. I know i tried it.
And thank you for your time to make this video. Helped me greatly. I went with a Silicon Power 1tb one after hearing good things about them. hope these things were right and I wont just be buying the Samsung next week! Im new to PCs, and everything though, so its just fun either way to learn everything
Very informative and well produced! Thanks for posting this.
Glad it was helpful!
thank you very much helped me so much you kept it simple and easy to understand thank you sir
Thankyou very much Ree!
It's clear and completly explained!
Glad it was helpful!
The information was helpful given that I am about to install my first M.2 NVMe, as a boot drive. My MB is Asus Maximus VIII Hero, Chipset Z170 Express.
Simple clear explanation straight to the point great tutorial and thats a GOOD SSD
Thanks so much for the kind words! Much appreciated! I've got a more recent video on setting it up as a boot drive, if that's something you might be interested in: ruclips.net/video/2rrPuam3fRM/видео.html
@@ReeWrayOutdoors thanks for your recommendetion i hope you continue
awesome, thanks for your help man!
Thanks for the reply now I understand on M.4 Mode.
I have same mobo as you and just got m.2 ssd and also same one.. wow I’m surprised.
Very informative and in-depth review. Very helpful guide Thanks
great video TKS a lot! i'm installing the same ssd evo 970 plus today,but for the OS. cheers from Normandy France.
I agree with the comments below great instructions on to install the NVME drive. I'm building a new computer and will use this drive to install win 10.
Thank you so much. Pretty straight forward and very informative video! God bless you Sir and more Videos to come.
Sub'ed!
Maraming salamat po!
Awesome video, I'm looking to upgrade my PC soon for better video editing, I saw the incredible speeds on the NVME drives it's 6x faster than my sata ssd
Thanks man! Just keep in mind that most of the performance benefit you'll experience will be in the moving files onto your NVMe, and adding clips to the project, and also a bit in creating cached or "shadow" files for faster editing. Render times will not be significantly affected.
@@ReeWrayOutdoors I appreciate the help, best wishes ✌️
Can you do a video on installing an NVMe drive then switching Windows boot to the NVMe from a SATA SSD, please. I built my first pc recently an installed a Samsung 870 SSD and an Evo 960 NVMe. Windows got installed and boots from the SATA. I want to learn how to switch boot to the NVMe Samsung 960.
Ryan R late but, you can switch which drive boots first from your bios.
IMPORTANT NOTE: It has been correctly pointed out to me that the threaded nut on the M/B is not the standoff I'd assumed it was. To avoid the risk of over-straining the M.2 socket, you should add a standoff to that threaded nut, and then secure the M.2 drive to the standoff. I'm not sure why SSD mfg's don't just include a couple in the box with the drive. Anyway, here's an Amazon link to the necessary parts that should work for the vast majority of MB's: amzn.to/2IAjT0L
What pc case are you using ?
@@TRevolution7 NZXT S340 Elite
Why did you install the drive without the standoff? The drive should be horizontally. Not pushed down to the motherboard. I don't think you understand what a standoff is. A standoff means that you STAND SOMETHING ON the standoff. Not screw the standoff over the stuff. The standoff goes UNDER the drive and the drive screw on top of the standoff with a small m.2 screw. The drive should be parallel to the motherboard and not at an angle. i.stack.imgur.com/FDvM3.jpg
@@davedragomir6632 you're the 2nd person (that I'm aware of) to make this comment. To be clear, I did NOT remove the existing standoff. I simply used a spare one I had lying around as the set screw. You're correct though, you definitely should not secure it to the M/B without a standoff to support it. Had I known that some might think that's what I was doing, I'd have taken more care to clarify it....
@@ReeWrayOutdoors ruclips.net/video/t7FwmQ20jRQ/видео.html Please look at 1 minute. You will see the standoff you forgot to install and the m.2 screw you should have used to screw the drive in. What you did is use a standoff to screw the drive instead of the m.2 little screw and you forgot the high standoff under the drive that screw on the already installed standoff on the motherboard. Please fix that unless you want your m.2 port to be damaged because of the pressure the drive is creating on the m.2 port.
Like the video, but WHY not use as OS drive? The Samsung 970 will run 5-6 times faster than a 860 EVO! Video will be fine on the 860 EVO.
Yeah totally agree. At the time I did this video I just wanted to see how it did as a scratch drive for rendering. Not all that much as it turns out. Haha
@@ReeWrayOutdoors Swap the drives around & you'll see & feel a big difference!👍
You can restore the video drive by backup to external drive with Macrium Reflect (Free Edition), just make sure the partition will fit the EVO (restore only after the 970 EVO Plus boots). It's possible to then clone the 860 EVO to the 970 EVO Plus. Note that sometimes clones to NVMe SSD's doesn't always work, yet Windows 10 has the needed drivers, And Macrium can fix boot problems if media is created.
Good Luck!
Good video Wray, appreciate the time you took to record and edit the video. Also thanks for the tip on the freeware drive application, Crystal Disk Mark. On a side note, was wondering if you had room at the top of your computer case to install your nice Corsair AIO dual-radiator vs the front of your nice case? The inlets/outlets of your radiator should be at the bottom of your build to stop cavitation and fluid starvation of your AIO pump, which will cause premature pump failure. It appears that your AIO hoses are not long enough to put them at the bottom in the front configuration. Nice rig.
Sadly I don't. Only a single fan vent on the top. Also, the hoses aren't quit long enough to flip it around and put the I/O ports at the bottom. When I did the build, it was the first I'd done in about 20 years and AIO wasn't even an option back then. haha So it was new to me. But since this build , I've updated my knowledge quite a bit and look forward to a new build...as soon as this damn GPU situation gets better!
@@ReeWrayOutdoors I figured that may be the situation from what I could see in the video. I was preparing to teach my 14 yo how to put his Christmas present together and came across a video that explained the reasoning for the AIO positioning and had no idea before that either. The GPU shortage is affecting us too, I am forced to live on an EVGA 680, as I am not paying $800, $1000 or more, so I make due. Keeps me wondering if my old eyes are getting worse or the lack of graphics is the cause. Guess it about time to trade-in my CRT too LOL. Keep up the video work, I enjoy them.
excellent video very informative
thanks, very informative video considering motherboards dont have the standoffs pre-installed. Also, X2 is on the bios by default.
I think u needed a spacer included with the motherboard when u installed the m.2
As he mentioned at 8:35
Thank you!
This video helped me out a lot thanks!
Very clear and informative video, many thanks!
Thanks Mark!
Thank you for this video and you detailed help.
Video saved me so much trouble thanks a ton
Great to hear! Thank you for watching!.
Thanks, very helpful. Just about to fit the same drive to roughly the same board.
Like the into shots of lake tahoe
Very informative - thank you.
Thank you for the super useful information!!
Oh wow I have a few rgb connected to my sata and I dont believe I have anymore connections for power. I just receives the ssd in today aswell. I was recommendThanksed a standoff to level out the ssd before tighten with the screw, it works well. Thanks for the video for informative.
When I go to "On board devices config" The only valuable option for me to set is "Hyper M.2x16" to be enabled. I do not see my stock ssd nor the one I just installed.
C: new > NVMe-2 Properties below 2 boxes both should not be ticked - uncheck file indexing files 👍