M.2 to regular PCIe slot card on Z77 board?

[Kitsan]

Might be a stupid question but I was wondering if I put an m.2 mounted 960 evo on an adapter card like this:

On my Z77 Asus Formula, will it work normally?

I'm unsure if the older boards like this will have a controller which will work with an NVMe drive like this

[Levent]

it might work (I would wait for someone else to confirm) however you wont be able to use it as a boot device without modifying your BIOS.

[Kitsan]

1 minute ago, Levent said:

it might work (I would wait for someone else to confirm) however you wont be able to use it as a boot device without modifying your BIOS.

Hmm I was actually hoping to use it as the boot drive, what would I need to do?

[W-L]

8 minutes ago, remus243 said:

Might be a stupid question but I was wondering if I put an m.2 mounted 960 evo on an adapter card like this:

 

On my Z77 Asus Formula, will it work normally?

I'm unsure if the older boards like this will have a controller which will work with an NVMe drive like this

You can get NVME speeds but as said since it's an older board you most likely will not have the option to configure it as a boot drive, I believe the earlier generation that allowed for it was the Z97 series. Some board manufacture's might have sent out a late BIOS update to allow for it but you will need to check first. 

[Levent]

Just now, remus243 said:

Hmm I was actually hoping to use it as the boot drive, what would I need to do?

Take a look at this.

https://www.win-raid.com/t871f50-Guide-How-to-get-full-NVMe-support-for-all-Systems-with-an-AMI-UEFI-BIOS.html

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, remus243 said:

Hmm I was actually hoping to use it as the boot drive, what would I need to do?

Nvme drives don't get faster boot speeds than regular SATA SSDs, so unless you needed it for a very specific reason, I wouldn't sweat it.

[Kitsan]

21 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Nvme drives don't get faster boot speeds than regular SATA SSDs, so unless you needed it for a very specific reason, I wouldn't sweat it.

I'm waiting for my Z390 master to be RMA, I should really update my signature but I upgraded to M.2 storage a month or so ago. Currently i'm using my old PC which i've been using for Media and it only has a small 128gb sata ssd. If I can at least get my m.2 storage drive working, i'd be happy.

[Fasauceome]

14 minutes ago, remus243 said:

If I can at least get my m.2n storage drive working, i'd be happy.

that would work fine then. If your 128GB SSD has only windows and a handful of programs, just keep using it as the boot SSD and the NVMe drive for any major projects.