[Solved] M.2 Drive Compatibility for MSI H110I PRO ITX Motherboard: 2280/2260/2242 PCIe Gen2 x4 SSDs

Hello, I have a motherboard in ITX format, model MSI H110I PRO, which is equipped with a M.2 disk slot
In the motherboard specification it says:
1 x M.2 Key M Socket supports type 2280/2260/2242 storage devices in PCIE Gen2 x 4 mode on the back side
f - supports PCIe 2.0x4 standard, 4.2cm / 6cm / 8cm length M.2 PCIe-interface SSD cards
Does this mean that I can use any disk in sizes 2280,2260,2242 and the motherboard will read as a disk with the possibility of installing the system?

Generally m.2 is just a connector / socket that supports two standards:

1) regular SATA, i.e. the speeds are the same as for 2.5 inch SSD,
2) NVMe, the connection here is using PCIe, the disks are much faster.

This board does not have a universal socket, it only supports point 2. So for example:
* WILL NOT work: https://www.x-kom.pl/p/316772-dysk-ssd-crucial-275gb-sata-ssd-mx300-m2-2280.html (m.2 SATA)
* works: https://www.x-kom.pl/p/347990-dysk-ssd-plextor-256gb-m2-pcie-px-256m8pegn.html (m.2 PCIe)

Second part of your question - yes, such a drive is normally visible in the BIOS and in the system installer. You can boot from it.

So the faster and more expensive M.2 drives with M.2 PCIe interface work? example
Is it profitable to buy a used drive?

WD Green comes with a SATA interface, not NVMe - so no, it won't work on this board. Don't look at what the seller says in the parameters, he may be wrong or not know.
The easiest way to find out is the declared transfers - SATA drives will have values in the range 500-550, while NVMe / PCIe over 1000.
So you will find a disk described as 550/500 (read / write) - it is definitely SATA, you will find one described as 1500/700 (or more) - it will definitely be NVMe / PCIe.


Is it profitable to use it - if the seller is honest then yes. I just bought my drive (256GB NVMe) used, but I know it was only used for a month. He was sitting in the laptop, he was exchanged for a 512GB model.
The problem is that in most auctions / announcements there is just such a description ("taken out of a new laptop" or "taken out of a little-used laptop, replaced with a bigger one") - but can all sellers be trusted? Probably not...
An additional issue is the warranty (if you pay attention to it) - the warranty covers the entire laptop, so such a drive is not guaranteed by itself. Do not count on the fact that if the disk fails, e.g. after a year, the seller will take the disk from you and send the entire laptop for a warranty It's not that good, you have to reckon with it.

Got it, so in this case it's a sata interface drive. On alledrogo, I set filters on the pts, i.e. in addition to the filter, I also have to look at the declared speeds or check the name of the product on the Internet, preferably on the manufacturer's website.
For 200 zlotys I found an ADATA XPG SX6000 128GB PCIe x4 NVMe SSD, but its speed is below 1000mb, i.e. 730/660

This model is 100% NVMe.

Small disks (128GB) on TLC bones can actually have lower parameters, below 1000 MB / s. The general rule here is that more disk capacity means better performance.

Thanks for your help, the topic can be closed.