Reddit reviews QNINE NVME PCIe Adapter, M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD M Key to PCI Express 3.0 x2 Expansion Card with Low Profile Bracket for PC Desktop

I have used this one and I know others have as well and reported it works for Dell servers. Presumably that silverstone would work just fine. It shouldn't be hard to make these since NVMe is using PCIe, so all it should be is just a hardware adapter/passthrough.

This. Absolutely correct and Thumbs Up! the 660p uses a good chunk of SLC Cache which makes it ideal for a games drive etc. - especially if you can run 2 in RAID0 (that's what I do; 2x 1TB 660p) and have a primary NVMe as boot drive that has higher sustained read/write, e.g. the 970 "EVO Plus" or "PRO" or WD Black Series and such. Now, the advantage of NVMe is that you can get cheap riser cards that will turn a PCIe slot into 2x NVMe for quite cheap since they just pass through the lanes. You cannot boot from it in most cases, but you can mount 2x 660p this way for storage. The riser shouldn't be more than $15. So, in total, your 2x 660p with the riser card roughly cost you as much as 1x 660p twice the capacity: 1x 1TB 600p = 2x 1TB 660p + riser.


Now, I have 3x NVMe slots on my board and don't use an adapter, but this is one I found on Amazon: NVMe Adapter for less than $11

Similar situation here. I don't see a compelling reason to upgrade from my 3770k- especially with Intel's continuing market segmentation shenanigans IE: Hyperthreading.

Depending on your motherboard, you might be able to mod your bios to enable booting from NVMe drives. IIRC this is the guide I used. Went smoothly on my Asus P8Z68-V motherboard with a $15 adapter card and an A-Data SX8200 480GB.

I hear it's also possible to avoid touching your motherboard's firmware by by booting into the UEFI console via Clover on a USB drive, and loading the necessary NVMe driver each boot that way.

im on windows 10 pro. this is the adapter

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075MDH28Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

If my mobo is old and doesn't have M.2 NVMe I should be able to use this to get the same speeds, correct?

https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-Express-Controller-Expansion/dp/B075MDH28Y

https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-Express-Controller-Expansion/dp/B075MDH28Y

would something like that work for you?

You don't need to get a new motherboard, you could get an NVME PCIE adapter to run at full speed (https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-Express-Controller-Expansion/dp/B075MDH28Y). Most M.2 ssds will work with your motherboard, you just wont be able to get the full speed out of them. And M.2 SATA and M.2 NVME are different things, this drive is an NVME drive.

Just a suggestion, you could also drop in an NVMe PCIe card with an NVMe SSD, which would give you more performance than the SATA based drives.

Example:
https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-Express-Controller-Expansion/dp/B075MDH28Y

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S250B/dp/B07MG119KG/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=960+evo+plus&qid=1573081267&sr=8-2


https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-Express-Controller-Expansion/dp/B075MDH28Y

This is the closest thing I've found for NVMe. As far as I know, NVMe cannot be converted to USB due to it using PCIe rather than SATA.

I had the same problem with my old Asus Maximus VI Gene.

The m.2 slot on these boards is an adaptor that fits next to the rear sockets. (mPCIe Combo III, top left on the pic below)

https://dlcdnimgs.asus.com/websites/global/products/cc5990tdPiScUKzO/img/top_1.jpg

Fitting a longer SSD in there will hit the MOSFET heatsink.

Your best bet would be to find a PCIe-m.2 adaptor card

You might not be able to boot from an SSD fitted that way, but you will be able to use it as storage.

Yep, you can fit a PCIe SSD (also known as NVME) of any capacity. Since you only have 1 M.2 slot, you'll need to have a PCIe adapter if you want to clone your 128GB SSD onto the new one. Alternately, you can re-install Windows 10 and all of your software on your new drive.

As u/bennyblanco2121 said you can also keep your M.2 128GB drive and get a 2.5" SATA SSD. The speed difference between PCIe and SATA SSD isn't really significant for things like booting or starting programs. It's more obvious when copying large individual files.

What? Why would you use a USB3->SATA adapter? The NAS case is meant for people connecting SATA based drives with the use of a PCIe controller card.

If you want to connect up a straight NVMe drive you'll need to buy a separate PCIe->NVMe adapter and work that out on your own.

If you're simply interested in just having an NVMe drive consider the NanoPC-T4. It's slightly more expensive due to the builtin wifi and 16GB onboard eMMC (no SD card needed), but the NVMe SSD will then mount smartly to the bottom of the board without hassle.

Hey! Thanks for the reply. Is this one alright?

https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-Express-Controller-Expansion/dp/B075MDH28Y/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1543378990&sr=1-4&keywords=nvme+adapter&refinements=p_72%3A1248879011

Chief, I have my 860 ($127) order on backorder from B&H, so plenty of time to cancel the order.

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Should I get this 960gb for $155, and purchase this adapter to use with my currently old PC? I am not sure if I have any open PCIE slots after I install the new video card, so would I be able to stick in the PCIE adapter into a regular PCI slot? I don't mind the slower speeds, as long as it's just as fast as SATA.


EDIT: After doing some research, a PCIE adapter would not be compatible with PCI.


Hmm, not sure how I can guarantee the 8200 will work in my case, then.

You can use m.2 nvme ssd pcie adapter or use usb 3.0/usb type c nvme ssd adapter

QNINE NVME PCIe Adapter, M.2 NVME SSD to PCI Express 3.0 Host Controller Expansion Card with Low Profile Bracket, PCIe NVME Adapter for PC Desktop, Support 2230 2242 2260 2280

https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-Express-Controller-Expansion/dp/B075MDH28Y

UGREEN M.2 SSD Enclosure USB C to NVMe PCI Express Adapter Aluminum USB 3.1 Type C Gen 2 10Gbps to M-Key Hard Drive Caddy External Case for 2230/2242/2260/2280 Support UASP, Tool-Free

https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Enclosure-Aluminum-External-Tool-Free/dp/B07NPFV21K

You could try an nvme pcie adapter. (I've never used one, but as far as I can tell they work just as well).


This link is just the first one that came up on a Google search.


QNINE NVME PCIe Adapter, M.2 NVME SSD to PCI Express 3.0 Host Controller Expansion Card with Low Profile Bracket, PCIe NVME Adapter for PC Desktop, Support 2230 2242 2260 2280 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075MDH28Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_N7DCDbF26FFER

You could use a PCIe adapter but the disk won't work at its full speed, since the XPS 8300 has only one x16 PCIe slot which I guess it is occupied by a graphics card (the rest PCIe slots are x1).

As an aside, you can buy adapters from nvme to pcie. Some older motherboards won't allow it as a boot drive unless you modify the bios (there are guides online how to do it).

Edit: replied to wrong post, sorry ><

If you have open pcie slots you can get an adapter to run nvme through a slot. The nvme interface on the motherboard is just a special pcie connector.

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You can get a board for about $15 that will let you mount nvme drives in a pcie 8x or 16x slot.

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https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-Express-Controller-Expansion/dp/B075MDH28Y