Is There a Good Adaptor for M.2 NVMe SSD?

frewer on 03/03/2021 - 09:48
Last edited 11/03/2021 - 16:01

Finally, I bought a Samsung 970EVO Plus M.2 NVMe SSD. Now I found out that my old mobo doesn't has M.2 key. Any suggestion ? Thanks.

I have an extra PCI slot, would something like this be suitable Silverstone M.2 NVMe SSD NGFF to PCIe x4

UPDATE: Got the adaptor, plus it in my PC recognize it straight away. Do some double check from this post https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-WORKING-Asus-P8Z77-V-… Turn out my mobo already in Intel Management Engine (ME) Version 8.1. Will clone the OS to new drive and see if I can boot from it. The BIOS from the post is different than mine, so I went to ASUS site and get a latest possible BIOS update.
No success so far …

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Comments

  • Fergy1987 on 03/03/2021 - 09:52

    return it.

    • frewer on 03/03/2021 - 09:53

      Already open the box …

    • jv on 03/03/2021 - 10:47
      -1

      return it.

      I thought, like underwear, you can't return memory after the package has been opened…

      • smashman42 on 03/03/2021 - 15:21

        With underwear there's a reason for that - other than being arseholes, does the ACL actually let them pull that shit with a SSD?

        Surely if they won't refund the OP could still exchange for a SATA drive?

        • jv on 03/03/2021 - 15:35
          +1

          does the ACL actually let them pull that shit with a SSD?

          I wouldn't want to buy an SSD that somebody had already opened.

          There no telling where it could have been…

          • frewer on 03/03/2021 - 17:09

            @jv: Certainly, not hasnt been in my underwear … Geez jv

  • Bargain80 on 03/03/2021 - 09:53
    -1

    something like this or this?

    • frewer on 03/03/2021 - 10:01

      How about the one I list up there, I want to utilized its speed too.

      • Caped Baldy on 03/03/2021 - 10:27
        +1

        That should work fine

        • studentl0an on 03/03/2021 - 10:45
          +1

          The first one you linked to is NVME to U.2, which is for enterprise level boards. Very doubtful that OP has U.2 on his motherboard.

          The second one you linked to is NVME to SATA, so the drive would be severely bandwidth limited.

          OP needs NVME M.2 M-key to PCI-E.

            • studentl0an on 03/03/2021 - 11:13
              +2

              @frewer: Yeah it'll work fine, it's an M.key NVME to PCI-E 4x adapter so you will get the full speed.

              It is 3x the cost of the one I use and linked to below before postage, so you can save a bit of coin going the cheapest option. The cheapest option is fine because all the adapter is, is pass through wires. There's no active electronics on the board, the NVME drive communicates directly with your motherboard PCIE lanes.

              Have a look at the spare PCI-E slots on your motherboard. If there's one with 16x lanes then cheaper one will work fine. If you only have a 1-4x slot available then you will need to get an adapter like the one you linked to.

  • studentl0an on 03/03/2021 - 10:44
    +4

    I used this

    This will get you the full speed and it's 3x cheaper than the one at mwave.

  • MistaL on 03/03/2021 - 13:03
    +2

    You may want to double check that your board can support booting off PCIe/NVMe adapter if you intend to use it for boot drive because I believe some boards don't support this

    • frewer on 03/03/2021 - 13:16

      Uh oh, that is what Im intending to do, how do I check this ?!?

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