M.2 to PCIe Adapter

[Guest]

Hi, so I heard that some M.2 SSDs can be bottle necked by M.2 slots on motherboards as they do not reach the full potential, for example the NVMe Samsung 950 Pro PCIe SSD. So I was thinking as a solution, would an adapter from PCIe to M.2 solve this issue? Since it uses the PCIe standard, I don't see how this wouldn't. 

 

Also, this should work with a single 1x PCIe slot, right? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

m.2 is pcie 4x, and the m.2 slot is also pcie x4. Unless your motherboard is limiteding the speed of the m.2 slot(what board are you using?) Its running at the same speed.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

m.2 is pcie 4x, and the m.2 slot is also pcie x4. Unless your motherboard is limiteding the speed of the m.2 slot(what board are you using?) Its running at the same speed.

Oh okay, so the minimum requirement would be x4 slot. 

 

Not all M.2 motherboard slots are as fast as the SSD's standards, the SSD is bottle necked by some boards and their M.2 maximum throughput. I've seen quite a few users having issues with their Z97 boards - (M.2 slot on them) not being fast enough.