Msi z97 g45 no Sata Express?

[Henniebrandweer]

Hey guys.. Can it really be? I am building my rig, and for the life of me, it seems this mb doesnt have a sata-e slot? Or where would the chassis front sata e be connected? To normal sata slot? That would suck....

 

[Mr-Day-Wing]

Your board doesn't come with sata express... It does have one e-sata Check link here - MSI Global Z97-G45 GAMING

 

[Henniebrandweer]

I see no e-sata... This is mos what im looking for... An e-sata connector to be able to connect my front case e-sata to

 

[Toxxyc]

Bud I don't think eSATA is the same as SATA Express, or am I wrong here?

 

[Mr-Day-Wing]

Bud I don't think eSATA is the same as SATA Express, or am I wrong here?

You aren't wrong

 

[Mr-Day-Wing]

I see no e-sata... This is mos what im looking for... An e-sata connector to be able to connect my front case e-sata to

Esata is on the outside... If you have an e-sata on your case then it should have a normal sata plug on the other side which you plug into your sata ports

 

[Off-The-Chart]

Your board doesn't come with sata express... It does have one e-sata Check link here - MSI Global Z97-G45 GAMING

I don't see one even on back???

 

[Henniebrandweer]

I don't see one even on back???

Exactly... and esata case cable connected to sata would not be plug and play compatable... Wont be able to hot swap the drive...?

 

[Mr-Day-Wing]

I don't see one even on back???

Noticed that afterwards :l weird... My intel skyberg had esata at the back :/ so not sure what's up with this motherboard...

 

[iamgigglz]

My MSI Z97 Krait doesn't have esata either, although it does have sata-e