M.2 SSD

[marijn720]

Hi there!

I am currently putting together a new rig and I came across this 60€ deal for a 850 evo 256Gb M.2 SSD. Since my motherboard does not support M.2, I was thinking that a M.2/pci-e converter might work. Would this converter work? Without bottlenecking the original SSD speeds?

Thanks!

[ChrisCross]

1 minute ago, marijn720 said:

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the 850 evo is a sata m.2 anyways. you dont have the nvme pcie speeds with that. i would just get an adata premier sp550 and dont bother with m.2 until you need higher speeds than sata allows. 

[marijn720]

1 minute ago, DEcobra11 said:

850 Evos work with SATA interface not PCI-e

Yes I understand that, but unfortunately my motherboard supports only 3Gb/s sata connection. Plus, 60€ on that M.2 is a very good deal. This converter won't bottleneck the SSD right? 

[marijn720]

4 minutes ago, DEcobra11 said:

850 Evos work with SATA interface not PCI-e

M.2 SSD's can be converted to a Pci-e slot. I was just wondering if this particular converter was good enough.

 

[marijn720]

6 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

the 850 evo is a sata m.2 anyways. you dont have the nvme pcie speeds with that. i would just get an adata premier sp550 and dont bother with m.2 until you need higher speeds than sata allows. 

Yes I understand that, but unfortunately my motherboard supports only 3Gb/s sata connection. Plus, 60€ on that M.2 is a very good deal. This converter won't bottleneck the SSD right?

[Iron Knickers]

Honestly, I don't think you should really get an M.2 SSD unless you really want to do giant file transfers. It seems to me that M.2 SSD's are a lot of hassle just for giving you the ability to do super speed file transfers. 

[marijn720]

1 hour ago, huilun02 said:

Unless you get an expansion converter card that has its own Sata3 controller, it will either not work, or will still be limited to Sata2 speed.

Here is one that has it

If you look for another adapter card, make sure it explicitly states Sata3 functionality for the M.2 slot

Thanks for replying! This was the product I was hoping to get.

It does say "compliant with SATA 3.0 specification for B key." And the 850 evo M.2 has a B key if I recall correctly. 

Please correct me if I'm wrong but This would work right?

This is the entire product description: 

• 100% brand new and high quality
• Connects one B key & one M key NGFF SSD at the same time to PCI-E 4X motherboard
• Compliant with PCI Express M.2 specification 1.0
• Compliant with SATA 3.0 specification for B key
• Compliant with PCI-E 4X 3.0 specification for M key
• Supports data transfer up to 6.0Gb/s
• Supports SATA-based B key and PCI-E 4X-based M key NGFF SSD
• Supports 2230, 2242, 2260 & 2280 size NGFF SSD
• One NGFF B Key and one NGFF M key sockets available
• 8 screw holes 2230/2242/2260/2280 available to fix NGFF SSD cards
• Easy installation & no driver required
• No additional power required
• Support boot function
• Supports any OS, like Windows, WinCE, Mac & Linux etc.
• Please note that for B key SSD the SATA 7 pin connector must be connected to motherboard
• Please note that for M key SSD there must be a 2.0 or higher PCI-E 4X socket
• Quantity:1pcc

Thank you!