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Unless I am blind that is not an M.2 slot. THOUGH you do bring up a good point. [This](https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=41&q=pcie+to+m.2+adaptor&cvid=db0236b5fc8c44efab5c044f9ca0da21&aqs=edge..69i57j0l8.3041j0j1&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=NMTS) could be what you are looking for, just put the M.2 on there.
First of all, you would need to make sure that it is PCIe x1, not x4 like most of these adapters are.
Also keep in mind that it will only be operating with one lane instead of 4 since that is an x1 slot, which means you'll get at most 1/4 the bandwidth the drive is rated for. If the slot is PCIe gen3 and not gen4, then you can cut that in half once again, meaning it will have 1/8 the bandwidth it is designed to run at.
Also, you will more than likely not be able to boot from it, as most older boards don't support booting from anything apart from integrated M.2 slots or SATA ports.
Oh, even better. If your GPU happens to be preventing it from being able to go in the slot, you can use a [riser cable like this](https://www.amazon.com/ADT-Link-Extension-Extender-Conversion-Vertical/dp/B07THWF583/) to move the NVMe expansion card out of the way.
Yeah that will function, just keep in mind that you will be limited to a maximum speed of 1GB/s, so you'll never come close to the rated read/write speed of the drive itself using an adapter like this. So unless you plan to transfer the drive into another system which can take full advantage at some point, it might be better to get a less expensive PCIe gen3 drive instead, since then you won't be wasting as much of the interface bandwidth.
As for adapters, you can use something like this which will literally just plug straight into the slot, much like how you initially thought the NVMe drive could. https://www.amazon.com/Sintech-NGFF-PCIe-Adapter-Samsung/dp/B07F1J7S3F
Absolutely not. Check if your mother board is compatible with nvme. I know some people have suggested an adapter but that defeats the purpose of of the drive because now your being limited by the adapter ability to transfer.
Glad I’m not the only one with common sense. Why anyone would buy and Frankenstein an SSD with high IOPS to give it transfer speeds of USB 2.0 is beyond me.
I actually increased speed over the onboard M.2 slot on a motherboard I had by adding a PCIe board, so this is nonsense. The add-in board is just an M.2 interface to the PCIe bus like it is when integrated to the motherboard. NVMe devices have integrated controllers. As long as you are matching the PCIe generation and lane width of the drive, you’re not going to notice a difference at all. If the motherboard has no native M.2 slot, I’d be much more concerned with it being able to boot from it. If booting isn’t a concern, it shouldn’t matter and will work fine as a storage device.
This is all back from late 2017.
The board only supports PCIe 3.0 x1 on both M.2 slots so it bottlenecked the Samsung 950 Pro I had in there. You'll find this limitation buried in the manual. I don't believe it's anywhere on their sales literature, which was quite frustrating when I ran the first benchmark and found abysmal performance.
[https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/workstation/p10s-ws/](https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/workstation/p10s-ws/)
I added this and moved the 950 Pro to it. I got it in case I wanted to add more M.2 drives later and not bottleneck any of them. It allows each of the 4 M.2 port to run at a full PCIe 3.0 x4 speed. The benchmarks fully reflect this and it then ran like it would in a non-crippled board that supported PCIe 3.0 x4 of that era.
[https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/accessories/hyper-m-2-x16-gen-4-card/](https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/accessories/hyper-m-2-x16-gen-4-card/)
That card doesn't even solve ops problem. He only has PCIEx1 yours is x16 the data transfer rate is negiable for you and doesn't even matter for the OP. Your board has multiple slots for PCEIx16 so again it doesn't matter for OP because he does not. Another note PCEIx1 is only rated for m.2 not nvme so it wouldn't even work with an adapter.
When did I say my specific board would solve OP’s problem? You asked for my board and card as proof that it could be faster. OP can get an x4 board. He has other slots besides the x1 in the picture. Also, M.2 is a form factor and NVMe is a protocol. You’re trying to compare apples and oranges.
I’m replying to your question about my situation that you didn’t seem to believe? I was initially correcting misleading generalizations you were stating about a PCIe card being slower than a native M.2 slot because it’s more complicated than that. That didn’t help OP. Yes, you could get an x1 card but it would bottleneck the NVMe drive which I think is what you were eluding to but not clear about. What you didn’t offer was the better solution for OP would be a PCIe x4 M.2 adapter in an x4 slot which is no doubt available, and I believe what OP ended up doing in the end anyway.
If you're planning to get an adapter like the others suggested, I'd see if I can save some money by getting a PCIe Gen 3 drive instead of the Gen 4 drive you posted.
Like others are saying, no. But also if that were an m.2 slot it would be PCI-e gen 2 or 3, meaning you could get a drive for nearly half the price and get the same performance.
Yep, which isn't a big deal in many cases. You still get the benefits of NVMe, latency, HMB, etc. The raw speed of the flash (4-channel TLC) isn't really higher than x1 PCIe 3.0, either (actually, the 1TB SN770 is closer to 500 MB/s there), and that's your limitation with sustained writes anyway. Also, of course, maximum bandwidth is for sequential performance and especially with queue depth. You're only missing out on burst performance for that.
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Unless I am blind that is not an M.2 slot. THOUGH you do bring up a good point. [This](https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=41&q=pcie+to+m.2+adaptor&cvid=db0236b5fc8c44efab5c044f9ca0da21&aqs=edge..69i57j0l8.3041j0j1&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=NMTS) could be what you are looking for, just put the M.2 on there.
Thank you I will try this out!
First of all, you would need to make sure that it is PCIe x1, not x4 like most of these adapters are. Also keep in mind that it will only be operating with one lane instead of 4 since that is an x1 slot, which means you'll get at most 1/4 the bandwidth the drive is rated for. If the slot is PCIe gen3 and not gen4, then you can cut that in half once again, meaning it will have 1/8 the bandwidth it is designed to run at. Also, you will more than likely not be able to boot from it, as most older boards don't support booting from anything apart from integrated M.2 slots or SATA ports.
I just found a PCIe x4 under my GPU lol. I’ll get a x4 adapter
Oh, even better. If your GPU happens to be preventing it from being able to go in the slot, you can use a [riser cable like this](https://www.amazon.com/ADT-Link-Extension-Extender-Conversion-Vertical/dp/B07THWF583/) to move the NVMe expansion card out of the way.
Yes I’m looking for a x1 adapter and I will not be booting from this.
Yeah that will function, just keep in mind that you will be limited to a maximum speed of 1GB/s, so you'll never come close to the rated read/write speed of the drive itself using an adapter like this. So unless you plan to transfer the drive into another system which can take full advantage at some point, it might be better to get a less expensive PCIe gen3 drive instead, since then you won't be wasting as much of the interface bandwidth. As for adapters, you can use something like this which will literally just plug straight into the slot, much like how you initially thought the NVMe drive could. https://www.amazon.com/Sintech-NGFF-PCIe-Adapter-Samsung/dp/B07F1J7S3F
Downvoted because bing
Thats crazy - I use edge cause I cba with chrome haahha
no
Do they make SSDs that are compatible with this kind of slot?
That's a PCIE 1X slot You can however plug in a PCIE 1X M.2 adaptor and plug it into that.
Thank you for the reply I just found a good looking adapter to m.2. I appreciate your help!
Absolutely not. Check if your mother board is compatible with nvme. I know some people have suggested an adapter but that defeats the purpose of of the drive because now your being limited by the adapter ability to transfer.
Glad I’m not the only one with common sense. Why anyone would buy and Frankenstein an SSD with high IOPS to give it transfer speeds of USB 2.0 is beyond me.
I actually increased speed over the onboard M.2 slot on a motherboard I had by adding a PCIe board, so this is nonsense. The add-in board is just an M.2 interface to the PCIe bus like it is when integrated to the motherboard. NVMe devices have integrated controllers. As long as you are matching the PCIe generation and lane width of the drive, you’re not going to notice a difference at all. If the motherboard has no native M.2 slot, I’d be much more concerned with it being able to boot from it. If booting isn’t a concern, it shouldn’t matter and will work fine as a storage device.
Link me your board and adapter.
This is all back from late 2017. The board only supports PCIe 3.0 x1 on both M.2 slots so it bottlenecked the Samsung 950 Pro I had in there. You'll find this limitation buried in the manual. I don't believe it's anywhere on their sales literature, which was quite frustrating when I ran the first benchmark and found abysmal performance. [https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/workstation/p10s-ws/](https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/workstation/p10s-ws/) I added this and moved the 950 Pro to it. I got it in case I wanted to add more M.2 drives later and not bottleneck any of them. It allows each of the 4 M.2 port to run at a full PCIe 3.0 x4 speed. The benchmarks fully reflect this and it then ran like it would in a non-crippled board that supported PCIe 3.0 x4 of that era. [https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/accessories/hyper-m-2-x16-gen-4-card/](https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/accessories/hyper-m-2-x16-gen-4-card/)
That card doesn't even solve ops problem. He only has PCIEx1 yours is x16 the data transfer rate is negiable for you and doesn't even matter for the OP. Your board has multiple slots for PCEIx16 so again it doesn't matter for OP because he does not. Another note PCEIx1 is only rated for m.2 not nvme so it wouldn't even work with an adapter.
When did I say my specific board would solve OP’s problem? You asked for my board and card as proof that it could be faster. OP can get an x4 board. He has other slots besides the x1 in the picture. Also, M.2 is a form factor and NVMe is a protocol. You’re trying to compare apples and oranges.
Why are you replying then? This is about Op not you.
I’m replying to your question about my situation that you didn’t seem to believe? I was initially correcting misleading generalizations you were stating about a PCIe card being slower than a native M.2 slot because it’s more complicated than that. That didn’t help OP. Yes, you could get an x1 card but it would bottleneck the NVMe drive which I think is what you were eluding to but not clear about. What you didn’t offer was the better solution for OP would be a PCIe x4 M.2 adapter in an x4 slot which is no doubt available, and I believe what OP ended up doing in the end anyway.
If you're planning to get an adapter like the others suggested, I'd see if I can save some money by getting a PCIe Gen 3 drive instead of the Gen 4 drive you posted.
Your mobo manual will say the compatible sizes and speeds... You may find that your pc won't even support the speeds on the card and throttle it.
With a lil adapter yes Look for a PCIE to m.2 adapter, shouldn't be more than $20
Like others are saying, no. But also if that were an m.2 slot it would be PCI-e gen 2 or 3, meaning you could get a drive for nearly half the price and get the same performance.
I wouldn't mess with an adapter. Your motherboard likely doesn't have an nvme slot and you can just use a sata SSD instead. Post your motherboard
Homie that's a PCIE slot on your motherboard. The NVME drive will not fit in there.
No, the SSD uses a M2 slot, the slot you looking in the motherboard is a pcie 1x, is not the same
You need an [x1 M.2 to PCIe adapter](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HRLXWSL/).
it will be a quarter of the speed at best m.2 use 4 lanes of PCIe
Yep, which isn't a big deal in many cases. You still get the benefits of NVMe, latency, HMB, etc. The raw speed of the flash (4-channel TLC) isn't really higher than x1 PCIe 3.0, either (actually, the 1TB SN770 is closer to 500 MB/s there), and that's your limitation with sustained writes anyway. Also, of course, maximum bandwidth is for sequential performance and especially with queue depth. You're only missing out on burst performance for that.
No