Can I put a x4 to m.2 adapter in a motherboard that only has 1 native m.2 slot?

[triumph of steel]

Hi everybody I have a Prime B450 Plus PC, my motherboard only has one m.2 slot which is already occupied by my PCIE SSD. I want an extra PCIE SSD so i thought about ordering an adapter (PCIE x4 to m.2). Is it going to work properly? Thanks

https://www.orico.cc/usmobile/product/detail/id/3708 this is the adapter i wanted to buy

[manikyath]

the PCIe lanes for the x4 slot are dedicated to that slot only as far as i can see in the motherboard manual, so there shouldnt be a reason it doesnt work.

 

but that said - what are you buying a second SSD for? it could make sense to just get a SATA SSD.

[triumph of steel]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

the PCIe lanes for the x4 slot are dedicated to that slot only as far as i can see in the motherboard manual, so there shouldnt be a reason it doesnt work.

 

but that said - what are you buying a second SSD for? it could make sense to just get a SATA SSD.

basically the cost for 500gb drive is the same (not including the adapter) so I figured why not? PCIE should be faster. this is kinda my reasoning

[Alex Atkin UK]

18 minutes ago, triumph of steel said:

basically the cost for 500gb drive is the same (not including the adapter) so I figured why not? PCIE should be faster. this is kinda my reasoning

The only caveat I'm aware of is using a PCIe slot may not allow you to boot from that drive, it should work for storage just fine.

[Moonzy]

2 hours ago, triumph of steel said:

so I figured why not?

if you're using a GPU, it may not like to have a card infront of it, may affect temps negatively, depending on how large the expansion card is

otherwise, it should work just fine