Remember, you’ll need a PCIe 4.0 compatible motherboard to make the most of the Samsung 980 Pro, which at time of writing includes AMD’s B550 and X570 boards and (as of yesterday) Intel’s just released Z590 boards. However, while Intel finally have a set of motherboards out with PCIe 4.0 support, you’ll still need to wait until they release their 11th Gen Rocket Lake CPUs before you can get a full PCIe 4.0-capable PC, as their current 10th Gen chips don’t support it. Intel’s Rocket Lake CPUs are currently due to launch sometime before the end of March, but we still don’t have an exact date yet. Of course, there’s nothing stopping you from putting the 980 Pro into a PCIe 3.0-based system if you’re in the throes of upgrading. It’s just that you’ll be limiting yourself to PCIe 3.0 speeds until you move over to PCIe 4.0.
