PCIE to M.2 with an I5 10400f and B550M

Switchb0y · September 22

Hello, i dont if this is the right channel for my question. I have an Intel I5 10400f with an Asrock B560M Motherboard and with that combination you can only use one M.2 Slot for Storage. I´m almost out of storage so i need a new SSD (I want an M.2 SSD because they are cheaper then 2,5 inch drives). Is it possible to use a PCIE to M.2 adapter with my CPU, motherboard combination? i tried to find someting online but i couldnt find anything i hope you guys can help me.

manikyath · September 22

so.. you say M.2 SSD's are cheaper than SATA ones.. and then want to buy an adapter to connect the marginally chepaer SSD.

i think we need to take a step back and look at what your storage setup is like, and what the options could be, because your conclusion appears flawed.

Switchb0y · September 22

3 minutes ago, manikyath said:

so.. you say M.2 SSD's are cheaper than SATA ones.. and then want to buy an adapter to connect the marginally chepaer SSD.

i think we need to take a step back and look at what your storage setup is like, and what the options could be, because your conclusion appears flawed.

Sorry i forgot to mention that i would get that adapter for free from a friend. i got an 250gb M.2 SSD, a 2TB HDD that only wants to work sometimes and a 250gb 2.5inch SSD,

manikyath · September 22

1 minute ago, Switchb0y said:

Sorry i forgot to mention that i would get that adapter for free from a friend

then yes it's possible, but depending on the motherboard's PCIe layout you may be cutting the lanes for your GPU in half.

Switchb0y · September 22

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

then yes it's possible, but depending on the motherboard's PCIe layout you may be cutting the lanes for your GPU in half.

Okay thank you very much i will look into it.

Tetras · September 22

54 minutes ago, Switchb0y said:

Hello, i dont if this is the right channel for my question. I have an Intel I5 10400f with an Asrock B560M Motherboard and with that combination you can only use one M.2 Slot for Storage. I´m almost out of storage so i need a new SSD (I want an M.2 SSD because they are cheaper then 2,5 inch drives). Is it possible to use a PCIE to M.2 adapter with my CPU, motherboard combination? i tried to find someting online but i couldnt find anything i hope you guys can help me.

Which particular model of ASRock B560 board do you have? You need to check the tech spec or the manual, since it will tell you:

If you have a suitable PCI-E slot for the adapter.
What impact use of the PCI-E slot has elsewhere with your PC.

The graphics card may also be an issue, if it covers one of your usable PCI-E slots.

Switchb0y · September 22

57 minutes ago, Tetras said:

Which particular model of ASRock B560 board do you have? You need to check the tech spec or the manual, since it will tell you:

If you have a suitable PCI-E slot for the adapter.

What impact use of the PCI-E slot has elsewhere with your PC.

The graphics card may also be an issue, if it covers one of your usable PCI-E slots.

i got an B560M/Pro4 and a GTX 1650 (the old one with GDDR5 )

Tetras · September 22

18 minutes ago, Switchb0y said:

i got an B560M/Pro4 and a GTX 1650 (the old one with GDDR5 )

PCIE2 is too small and has too few lanes.

PCIE3 has 4 lanes (adapters usually need 4).

PCIE2 is probably blocked by your graphics card, but PCIE3 should be usable.

The manual isn't super clear (at least, not to me), but I don't think it will have any impact on your GPU or other devices to use this slot. If it does, then one alternative is a USB caddy.

Switchb0y · September 23

16 hours ago, Tetras said:

PCIE2 is too small and has too few lanes.

PCIE3 has 4 lanes (adapters usually need 4).

PCIE2 is probably blocked by your graphics card, but PCIE3 should be usable.

The manual isn't super clear (at least, not to me), but I don't think it will have any impact on your GPU or other devices to use this slot. If it does, then one alternative is a USB caddy.

Thank you very much for looking into it i hope your pillow will always have two cold sides

kokosnh · September 23

Yes, use of PCIe_3 slot ( PCIe 3.0 x4 ) don’t change anything with the gpu slot.

the GPU slot PCIe_1 uses CPU PCIe lanes.

the PCIe_3 slot, uses chipset PCIe lanes.

it may be confusing, but you can see the PCIe_1 slot is changing the PCIe generation, depending on CPU 10/11 gen, while the PCIe_3 isn’t, so it’s chipset lanes.

and there is even a PCIe slot configuration section in manual, that explained that, it just may be confusing, as nothing is changing when occupying the PCIE3, but that is what we want.