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Hello I was wonding about m.2 my main question is what is the difference between preformence on an m.2 socket build into the board vs a pci x16 card that adds m.2 sockets. 

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There isn't really a difference, but the one on the board might be SATA. What you really want is an NVMe M.2 port.

 

Just get one on your motherboard. The only reason that someone should buy a PCIe to NVMe card is if they have an old system that doesn't support NVMe.

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no difference. m.2 nvme is a pcie slot meant only for storage. 

 

so basically nvme is a pcie to m.2 converter which is what a pcie riser card does. 


from Wikipedia:
NVM Express (NVMe) is an open logical device interface specification for accessing non-volatile storage media attached via a PCI Express (PCIe) bus.

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