Are MSata SSD's drying up?

[ScentedOrange]

Hey everyone,

 

So here is my problem. I recently bought a Latitude e7250 second hand off a guy on Kijiji, however it only has 256GB of storage on the stock SSD which simply just inst enough to do what I want. So I took the laptop apart and noticed there is a mini pci-e slot for the optional 3g modem (more on this later.), but the problem is the SSD is using a MSata slot. I have been searching for a little bit and cant seem to find any decent MSata SSDs and i am not about to jump for a chinese "DogFish" SSD unless someone has a positive experience with these chinese brands.

 

So I guess my question would be is 1. Is there any decent way to source a MSata SSD preferable 480GB or above, or 2. could i put a small pcie ssd in the WWAN slot as in theory its the same connector as long as the ssd itself uses the pcie interface and not sata right?

 

Im in Canada is that helps?

[Fasauceome]

to your title, yes mSATA drives are going away. their production was extremely slim compared to 2.5" SATA SSDs and distribution was primarily OEM, more so than other types of drives. it was never a common consumer available item, and eBay might be your best bet

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

8 minutes ago, ScentedOrange said:

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I found this one at Canada Computers and they seem to have stock almost everywhere

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_1927_1929&item_id=123803

 

But for 10 bucks more you might as well step up to the 240GB one:

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_1927_1929&item_id=141783

[Senzelian]

Or maybe a mSATA to M.2 adapter?