Won SSD but no slot on motherboard?

tomthomas10_05 · Oct 11, 2018

Hello!

I basically won a Nvme SSD at a gaming tournament.

Link to SSD: https://www.wdc.com/en-gb/products/internal-ssd/wd-black-nvme-ssd.html#WDS500G2X0C

As my motherboard is almost 10 years old it does not have a M.2 slot on it, is there any way I can use this SSD with an adaptor or something similar?

Note that I don't know much about hardware so apologies if I don't make much sense

Thanks in advance.

androbourne · Oct 11, 2018

Yes. You'd need a PCI adapter to NVME. Do a search on Newegg.com or Amazon.com There are many out there.

Just make sure to get the one compatible with your board. Are you using PCIe? PCI1?, PCI2, PCI3? etc... look up your mobo specs and make sure to get the correct card that matches your PCI version.

Since your mobo is 10 years old. I'd guess you have PCIe and PCI2.0. But still double check the mobo manual just to be safe.

Danra · Oct 11, 2018

You can purchase a daughter card. Install it in that then put the daughter card in a PCIe 4x slot.

Here is a link to one, you can search for others. Newegg or Micro Center and so on https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-PEX4M2E1-M-2-Adapter-Profile/dp/B01FU9JS94

racksmith101 · Oct 11, 2018

Just a note, you may have to settle for just using it as a secondary drive, slot of older mobos don't recognize nvme drives as boot drives, you might have to do some research to see if it's compatible. Congrats on the win btw.

psoohoo · Oct 11, 2018

If the motherboard is that old, you will not be able to boot to that drive. it will only be usable for data.
You minimally need a 9-series chipset (like Z97) to be able to boot to it.

hang-the-9 · Oct 11, 2018

You can sell or trade it with someone for a SATA SSD drive. If you did not open it yet would be best for your options, even if new people would rather get sealed items.

Or keep it and look into upgrading your computer with a new motherboard/CPU/RAM setup that can use the drive.

delaro · Oct 11, 2018

The fastest transfer speeds will use PCIe full sized or Express.
PCI Express X16 to M2 "not the Express version"

These will be on the same lines as a normal SSD in terms of transfer speed.

SATA to M2 Your using a DDR3 slot

M.2 PCIe NVMe to U.2 Adapter- provided you have the Connector.

Avoid buying M2 to SATA 3 adapters they don't seem to work well if at all with NVME drives but support NGFF with no problems.

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