Using a M.2 adapter for SSD

[jamiehard1989]

Looking to get M.2 ssd, but my board has not a m2 slot ( z87-oc ) so was thinking of getting the adapter.

Would i get the same performance using the adapter.


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[kalniel]

Assuming you have the bandwidth to the slot you're putting the adaptor in, yes. Most M2 just hangs off PCI-E anyway.

[jamiehard1989]

Assuming you have the bandwidth to the slot you're putting the adaptor in, yes. Most M2 just hangs off PCI-E anyway.

I got 3 pci-e slots spare, x8 and 2 x4 slots.


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[kalniel]

I got 3 pci-e slots spare, x8 and 2 x4 slots.

Physical slots != bandwidth. But as far as I remember, the x8 slot hangs off the CPU so would guarantee the bandwidth (unless you have a GPU that really needs the full x16). Secondary to that you might want to check what the real bandwidth is going to the x4 slots.

[EndlessWaves]

Not every board will boot from every type of M.2 SSD, particularly PCI-E AHCI and especially NVMe models.

So if you want to use this as a boot drive then do check that.