Help choosing a M.2 drive please

[dom_kai]

So yesterday I built my first ever PC after watching many hours on Linus Tech Tips YT channel I successfully completed the below build;

 

ASRock Steel Legend b450

Ryzen 5 2600x

Sapphire Rx590 Nitro+

Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200 16GB

Gigabyte 240gb SSD

Corsair Cx550

Fractal Design Focus G Case

 

Everything worked great, I was surprised when I put the thing together and turned it on that not only did all my fans and LED work, but the machine booted!

 

But one thing that has bothered me is that the case I picked as one area behind the motherboard to mount an SSD but due to the sata cables I cant actually mount it there. So I need to keep the drive bays to put the SSD in. 

 

This wouldnt be a huge issue as I am far from an expect on the matter but I did want to use a M.2 drive to reduce the cables and remove the drive bay completely but try as I may I can not figure out what I need to buy. 

 

I read words like M.2 B+M, PCIe, SATA, then i read about the form factors then I read about NVMe then I read that if certain M.2 drives are used I cant use certain PCIe slots and it all becomes too much and Ibuy a standard 2.5" as I did before.

 

But after watching another video tonight I thought I would reach out to the community and ask for help.

 

I just need a M.2 drive that will work with my mobo at around the 240gb mark please.

 

Many thanks

[Allshevski]

ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro 256GB PCIe x4 NVMe, it's cheap, it's very fast, it's reliable. Just pop it in the PCIe 3.0 x4 m.2 slot on your MB and it will work fine. As with PCIe lanes, you should not worry unless the performance is below 1GB/s read, but this should not be the case in your setup, as it's all PCIe 3.0