Questions About the 600p Before Purchase

[jren207]

Hi,

I am thinking about buying an Intel 600p M.2 SSD, but have a few questions.

Firstly, I see that it is NVMe, but I'm confused as to how this works or presents itself to the system. I say this, as I have purchased an M.2 SSD from Kingston, which seems to present itself as a PCB containing flash memory, and its own SATA controller connected through the PCIe bus.

Would an NVMe M.2 SSD like the 600p somehow link directly to the PCIe bus, without any reference to SATA and offer better performance?

I will be using this SSD with Windows 10, and I believe it has a native NVMe driver?

Another question I have is regarding the following, which is stated in my motherboard's (Asus X99-E WS) manual: "This socket supports M Key and type 2260/2280 storage devices. This socket supports PCIe mode only."

Would this make the 600p suitable. I can already see it is a 2280, and PCIe, but is it of the "M Key" type?

Lastly, it may not seem all that important, but I think it is, and that is regarding the front panel HDD activity LED.

Currently the Kingston SSD, when connected to my M.2 slot, makes the HDD LED lit constantly. (The LED functions normally without that SSD present, and so SATA connected devices make it flash on/off as required).

Does the 600p do something similar (either constantly off or on), or does it function correctly.

Contacting Kingston support resulted in being told HDD LED activity isn't defined in their SSD, and that it may be implemented in future firmware, but no timeframe is given. (Probably will never be implemented, but who knows?)

All help is appreciated.

[idata]

jren207,

We're always glad to help. Please let us know if you think of any additional questions.Best regards,Carlos A.