NVMe SATA?

[CranberryPie]

I am building my PC and have questions regarding storage.

 

Are Motherboards with M.2 slots using the SATA interface?

 

How does a M.2 NVMe SSD have NVMe but use SATA? Wouldn't it be limited by SATA's max data throughput?

[WereCatf]

7 minutes ago, CranberryPie said:

Are Motherboards with M.2 slots using the SATA interface?

 

How does a M.2 NVMe SSD have NVMe but use SATA? Wouldn't it be limited by SATA's max data throughput?

You are mixing things: M.2 is the connector, whereas NVMe and SATA are the protocols the drives speak. There is no such a thing as NVMe SATA; a drive can only speak one or the other, not both.

 

Since M.2 is just the connector, there can be both M.2 NVMe - drives and M.2 SATA - drives and you'll have to check your mobo's manual to see what protocols the M.2 - slot you have supports.