Gen4.0 nvme as boot drive in a Pcie adaptor in a Pcie 2.0 1x slot? (lol bear with me here...)
27 minutes ago, brob said:
Not enough to matter. Generally less than 3 seconds.
That's my experience when running my 512GB Adata SX8200 Pro on my Gigabyte H97-HD3 via the PCIe gen 2.0 x2/x4 slot (x2 due to using a PCIe wifi card instead of PCI).
2 hours ago, AMixOfGeekContent said:Tldr: I know that it won't run at full speed. I just want to know will it work as a main boot drive without any hassles? Or will it somehow be incompatible with my old Pcie 2.0 PC? And will it be faster than my current HDD, as expected?
Also, how long are m.2 nvme drives? This adaptor looks short to me for some reason:
https://www.newegg.ca/p/1B3-00A8-00013
Explanation (lol):
I think I'll just get really cheap upgrades for my old Dell XPS 8500 desktop PC right now and keep saving money until I'm ready to commit to an expensive new gen pc.
From googling, I believe my pc has 1x Pcie 2.0 slot(s), which can go up to 330MB/s.
Even though that's nowhere near a gen4 nvme's full potential, it'll still be faster than my current HDD lol.
It's not that expensive and it's something I can likely use in a new computer later. Even tho I don't use Windows, DirectStorage sound pretty awesome, and who knows what else the future will bring?
Also, how much disk space does windows 11 system files take? Iirc, my current system files on Zorin OS Lite 16.2 barely traits up any space.
It might work - depends on how bad the BIOS is:
Booting from an NVMe PCIe Intel Solid-State Drive Technology Brief
As a platform your XPS is pretty decent:
XPS 8500 Specifications (dell.com)
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