Is there any adapter that I can get to make the Crucial MX300 525GB M.2 work in a Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P?

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Hi, I'm looking at buying this M.2 SSD (link below) because it seems to be priced very well and I don't want to use up more space in my hard drive cage. I have a Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P motherboard (link below), which does not have an M.2 slot but it has one PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4. Is there any adapter out there that will allow me to install this SSD into this motherboard?

Additional questions:
1) will using this adapter decrease the SSD's performance?
2) Is there any adapter out there that can support two M.2 SSDs so that I can add another one if need be?

Thank you very much in advance!

SSD: https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX300-525GB-Internal-CT525MX300SSD4/dp/B01L80DH4G

My motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128651&cm_re=ud3p-_-13-128-651-_-Product
 
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jossrik
There is an M.2 to PCIe adapter card. They're around 20$ or so on eBay, but you can also get them through other channels for around the same price. If I remember correctly, there is one that does 2/4 M.2 drives, but then you're looking into some large cash because they support RAID. As to whether or not the M.2 adapter would work on your board, not sure... The drive you're looking at is SATA, not NVMe so it's a slow M.2 and no different performance wise than an SATA III 2.5in drive. Even though you're looking to avoid clutter in your case from adding drives, without the M.2 slot native you're adding expense to budget parts. The extreme analogy would be water cooling a GTX 1050. You can most likely find a good SSD 2.5in for around...
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There is an M.2 to PCIe adapter card. They're around 20$ or so on eBay, but you can also get them through other channels for around the same price. If I remember correctly, there is one that does 2/4 M.2 drives, but then you're looking into some large cash because they support RAID. As to whether or not the M.2 adapter would work on your board, not sure... The drive you're looking at is SATA, not NVMe so it's a slow M.2 and no different performance wise than an SATA III 2.5in drive. Even though you're looking to avoid clutter in your case from adding drives, without the M.2 slot native you're adding expense to budget parts. The extreme analogy would be water cooling a GTX 1050. You can most likely find a good SSD 2.5in for around 100 - 110 in the size, not that the one you picked is bad, it is a decent one, but that 20 - 25$ can get you into something a little higher tiered. Prices fluctuate, so that last statement may not be true all the time, but if you shop sales you can do all right.
 
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