From M.2 NVMe to SATA adapter

By balazsph
November 27, 2023 in Storage Devices

Posted November 27, 2023

I want to replace the 2.5" HDD in my laptop with an M.2 NVMe SSD. I'm looking for a solution/product that would make plugging my SSD into a SATA 3.3 connector possible. I can't seem to find a suitable adapter. I found adapters that turn M.2 SATA into regular SATA. Also, I don't want to use it as external storage. Is this conversion even possible to do? If so, could you please help me?

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Posted November 27, 2023

There is no point in doing this since SATA m.2 exist and doing what you want would limit the NVMe drive to SATA speeds, so it's not surprising there is no product to do that.

Just get a SATA drive.

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Posted November 27, 2023

16 minutes ago, balazsph said:

Is this conversion even possible to do?

No. SATA (host) and NVMe/PCIe (device) are different, incompatible protocols.

(Obviously PCIe (host) to SATA (device) adapters exist.)

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Posted November 27, 2023

PCIe to SATA - yes

SATA (AHCI) to PCIe (NVMe) - no

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