Did this on my old gaming rig cos it didnt have an M.2 slot and it worked a treat. My newer B450 board had 2 so didnt need it anymore but handy to have if I ever needed to clone an M.2 drive in the future. Thanks for the video, Mike and Kath, appreciated as always.
I did this on my old sandy bridge system right before finally replacing it with AM4. I knew I didn’t want my money to go to older sata tech. Worked good for about 1500mb read/write. I then later used it on a b450 board to store a 2nd NVMe drive till I decided to swap it with x570 for two full speed lanes on both boot and game drive.
Thanks Mike. As usual -simple direct and relevant and useful. Great video. I believe there are also options where if you bought a new case with usb c IO front port but motherboard does not have this. There is a similar tool that can slot in and you connect your usb c port cable to it and boom it works.
I was wondering if this was invented yet and you were excellent at letting me know. Wow! Great news and thanks for such a clear and great video you put together!
This is super helpful if you’re like me and are looking for a way to use a secondary m.2 NVMe SSD on a board that has an m.2 slot that you can’t use because it’s PCIe 4 and you have a 10th Gen CPU. Great workaround, thanks!
it doesn't make a gen 3 slot or drive into a gen 4, think of it more as a pass though so it will use the highest gen it can depending on the slot it is attached to
@@mikesunboxing exactly, my board has 2 m.2 slots but only one is PCIe 4. Since I have a 10th Gen CPU that slot is disabled altogether, so I only have one working m.2 slot, the PCIe 3 one. But my board has 2 PCIex16 slots, so I can use the second one to install this m.2 drive slot and have a functioning NVMe drive for secondary storage. Much cheaper than upgrading to 11th Gen solely for the purpose of getting my other on board m.2 slot to work.
@@mikesunboxing or I could just go the SATA route but NVMe is so much more cost effective these days! Like they’re virtually the same price, can’t believe SATA drives haven’t dropped with the normalization of NVMe drives.
I have the ezdiy pcie gen 3 x4 board with a Sabrent Rocket4 500GB on it. Works very good, not as fast as if it was directly on my board, but still good. my read numbers are: 4773, 3008, 503, 55 and the write's: 2490, 2426, 350 and 123. Remember, these drives are Gen4 and are rated for 5000 and 2500. Maybe my board just works at PCIe gen4 even if listed as a Gen 3. The board is plugged in the second x16 slot on my motherboard (Msi x570 Tomahawk) so the bandwidth is there. Really useful for cloning drives, as onboard slots are a PITA to access when the computer is fully assembled. Now, if one of these cards could use tool less fixture...
@@mikesunboxing And I have a WD sn850 1TB as a boot drive on the top m.2 slot on my motherboard. The read speed are: 6719, 4072 498, 74. The write goes: 5026, 5006,303,205. The revised version of the Sabrent, the Rocket 4Plus on the second m.2 slot goes for the reads: 5788, 2529, 466, 36 and the writes are 4959, 4750,309, 197. So, if you ever want a gen 4 ssd, go for the WD. I did not test the Samsung 980 serie as I don't have one for now, but I'm watching the deal! Both drives are 1 TB as they are normally faster than the 500 gb one's.
The tease with most motherboards is that many of the connectors are disabled if you use some of the others. My b550 board has 2 m.2 slots, 2 full size pc-e slots and 2 1x pcie slots. If I use both m.2 slots and have a graphics cards - the 2nd full size pci-e and 1st 1x slot are both disabled. I can only use a 1x adapter in the 2nd 1x connecter
thanks James, this is a handy bit of kit, and as bob mentioned and i totally overlooked, the option for cloning m.2 drives is going to be a big help as we become more and more m.2 focused for storage
Great idea for using latest storage Mike. I assume the mb shown, A520M, would only benefit if it was APU and hence the pcie slot available. Therefore would it be fair to assume majority of ppl wud need an ATX sized board with Two pcie x16 slots? Thanks for the review and stay safe everyone👍
yes for MATX boards there is a limitation of having a second PCie 16x sized slot to use, and to be fair a lot of them do have that especially boards like the mortar etc. For those with APUs this makes a lot of sense (maybe) 😎
Great idea! I've just received a couple Akasa card's, PCIe 3.0 X 4, for the 3 x16 slots jn my A520M DS3H/ 5600G and the Son's ' A320 / 3200G, both using integrated graphics. Pretty sure the son may wish to upgrade sometime in the future, but that will be another Mobo... Will go for crucial P5plus drives PCI 4.0 NVME M.2's, as the one I have on the A520 already, has shown up in BIOS without issue (BIOS is as far as I've got). Also the write performance of the P5plus should match or slightly exceed PCIe 3 X 4, 4GB/s bandwidth ( not that I'm likely to stress it) Thanks for your videos, very helpful.
Just an unrelated bit of Info..... For those of you who have a Corsair 4000X or 5000X you can now purchase the "Airflow" Front Panel from Corsair, (amongst other bits). I ordered one for my 5000X on Monday, (£14.99) and being delivered today!
Glad Ur still at Mr Mike. Was going to ask about the 3.ox4 but you explained its disguised in a x16 slot i once tried adding m.2 but for some resom i was not getting the speeds i thought i would get so i never again tried maybe i added the Nvme in the wrong slot. Now i have a Asus Prime Z390-A wanted to add a 2TB Nvme too one of the slots hopefully it will work, does it have to be a specific PCiE i am buying a WD_BLACK 2TB SN770 NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280 what i don't know is if i need to pair to a certain Pcie Card and not just any Random one ? and thank you for the video.
@@mikesunboxing : thank you Mike you always come through is 3.0 x 16 considered a PCIE Enabled Motherboard? i the Asus Prime Z390-A does have a 2 additional PCIE slots, you don't have to respond to my other question but i will ask which version of motherboards are considered PCIE 4 Enabled or capable motherboards? and Thank you again Mike hope UR RUclips channel continues to grow you been working hard at it.
So Im unable to get my m.2 to show up at all in disk management OR the BIOS... i have a MSI B450 Gaming Plus motherboard and i heard you have to set the PCIE x16 slot to SSD/M.2 mode in the bios advanced settings but im not seeing that option anywhere... is there any way i can get this to show up. The LED light on the M.2 card is lit up.
@@mikesunboxing Silicon Power 128GB A55 M.2 SSD from amazon and its in a M.2 NVME to PCIe 3.0 x4 Adapter from MHQJRH also from amazon I have it pluged into my lwoer PCIe x16 slot
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What kind of power does this kind of adapter add to PC. Because over here electricity is very expensive so for a PC that's almost always one it can count up in a year.
great video, ive been trying to find online if i could still use this if i already have 2 nvme drives slotted in my motherboard. its a msi b550 tomahawk, wasnt sure if there would be any issues using this method to have 3 nvme for storage?
Hi, an excellent video! I have a question please. I have a B560M-A PRO board and I already have an m2 drive installed. The board only seems to have one slot. I have 970 evo plus id like to add to the system, can I get an adapter to make this 970 evo plus work? The PCI bandwidth threw me a little.
Is this compatible with gen4 PCIe? Or is there something similar that would work for a gen 4? Also, does this adapter have any effect on the performance of the ssd?
Hi Mike, all this new tech is messing with my head lol. i have an asus prime z370-aII board and running my win10 on my m.2 slot. i also run a couple of hdd's that lag when looking up files. i do have the pci m.2 slot but is this purely for storage or can i use it to speed up my system? i have intel optane slot also but that already appears end of life
it depends where your lag is coming from really. any system with a mechanical drive will experience some lag with HDD as they go into power saving mode and the wake time causes a lag
My Desktop PC has a Z490-F motherboard. I have an m.2 in the 2nd slot (first is covered by my gpu). Stuck between either putting the 2nd m.2 behind the gpu or using a pcie adapter. Would doing the later drop my gpu capabilties by sharing bandwidth?
For me it doesn't show new volume option, just covert to dynamic disk or mbr. but thank you! was wondering how to install something similar for the first time. Update: had to left click next to it and then it showed option for new simple volume :)
I cant use my other PCIE slots due to having a vertical mounted GPU.. is there a PCIE card that used a longer ribbon and the adapter board can be relocated in other area of the case?
Do you have, or know of a video, about disk management? I feel like I overcomplicate it. I currently have 3 drives, 2 SSD and a hdd. I have one SSD that is just my OS. Another that is only 250gb so I put what I'm currently playing on that, and the HDD is 1 TB, so I put everything else there. But I've been wondering if I had a TB SSD would it matter if I had everything on one drive or if I should still separate the os from other stuff.
Maybe I'm stupid, but I don't have this option for "unallocated." I bought a Samsung 980 Pro 2TB with the Sabrent NVMe M.2 SSD to PCIe X16 / X8 / X4 Card with Aluminium Heatsink (EC-PCIE). I'm using the MSI B550 Tomahawk and have it plugged into the second PCIe slot. Not sure what's wrong
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i only have 1 slot big enough and its currently occupied by my GPU. I however do have a spot on the motherboard labeled m.2 but it looks like there is no connector soldered on? How can I get one
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Will these expansions affect the GPU? I have two NVMEs installed already and want a third. I bought an expansion card. I don't want to cause any issues. Suggestions?
@mikesunboxing 5900x and a 3090. I've already used up the two nvme slots, so I bought and expansion for PCIE. Thanks for answering me! Could really use help.
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Hi, im no tech person, would something like this work in a acer xc-1660? I'm desperately trying to add more storage. The part you use looks like it maybe too big for my unit as it is smaller. Many Thanks
@@mikesunboxing i have a gigabyte designare z390 will it work on that? Currently i have one RTX 2080SUPER and a RX 560 plugged in already. Can you check and tell me? Im little noob
I'm trying to do this and I'm having trouble with mine. I have a different PCIe card, but the concept should be the same right? I try to initialize but when I do, it tells me that the selected device is not available. I'm restarting now to see if that helps. :(
Nah i just tested with axagon pcie adapter, if I put in the 2nd pcie slot the adapter and using the mobos slot (which shared with the pcie speed) it wont recognize the adapter's ssd in one time. Separetely working with no issues.
I'd love to see a product that would allow me to use more NVMe drives in my laptop, My laptop has an M.2 drive, and an additional 2.5 inch drive slot , which a couple years ago I intalled a Firecuda hybrid drive, and I loved it, but It's just not as good as an actual SSD or NVMe drive. Does anyone know of any product that can convert that laptop 2.5 slot into an NVMe?
The real question is, how many drives can one of these handle? I have two 1tb NVME drives on my mobo already, and I've got all my SATA drive slots filled with 512/1tb SSD's and a 4TB HDD. I'd like to have the option later on of adding more NVME M.2 slots via a PCIe slot, though because I have a triple-slot GPU my PCIe 4x is super close to my GPU, so I'd like to use a flex cable. For these drives speed is less of an issue.
My GPU is too big. The expension won't fit because of that. You know any other method to have some extra space but with high speeds? I really don't want to use sata. That's really slow I heard.
@@mikesunboxing Yeah but, I game a lot so I really want my game to boot fast. I got a 1TB M.2 NVMe in my pc now. I think the best option is to buy a faster 2TB M.2 NVMe and put the 1TB M.2 NVMe in a USB adapter. What you think of that?
this one won't sorry but there are m.2 SATA based controllers you can buy, if you struggle to find one let me know and i'll see if i can find a good one
@@mikesunboxing thanks for answering, I'm looking to add another ssd to my only m2 slot motherboard, as my main ssd is m2 sata seems like Dual M.2 PCIe Adapter, M.2 NVME Hard Disk Drive (M Key) o M.2 SATA Hard Disk Drive (B Key) is the answer , the pity is that the new added nvme will be on a sata cable 🤔
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Does anyone know if this adaptor is compatible with the Asrock b450 pro 4 v2? I have a Kingston A2000 500gb m.2 ssd and want to add a Samsung 970 evo plus.
@@mikesunboxing Thanks. If I install this adaptor and the new ssd, will it affect the performance of the GPU? I read something about pcie lanes sharing bandwidth and if you use 2 pcie x 16 lanes then they both work at x8 speed.
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Did this on my old gaming rig cos it didnt have an M.2 slot and it worked a treat. My newer B450 board had 2 so didnt need it anymore but handy to have if I ever needed to clone an M.2 drive in the future. Thanks for the video, Mike and Kath, appreciated as always.
i didn't even think about cloning! see that is why we have you around - genius!
@@mikesunboxing Oh you ! You make an Ugly Bob feel speshal
So it can work even if your motherboard dosent have even 1 m.2 pcie port
@@Drillgopto yep, no problem 😉
Done this for a couple of my old builds now and works a treat. Great for a small form factor PC where adding larger hard drives is not an option.
yeah these devices are pretty handy, and now that m.2 drives are getting cheaper it makes this more and more attractive
Nothing like adding a new technology HD to system, but you do end up with a box of old ones. Great video, thanks Mike.
yeah the box overfloweth :-)
This worked perfectly for me! Thank you so much for the walkthrough! Saved me from having to use a SATA.
Glad it helped :-)
I did this on my old sandy bridge system right before finally replacing it with AM4. I knew I didn’t want my money to go to older sata tech. Worked good for about 1500mb read/write.
I then later used it on a b450 board to store a 2nd NVMe drive till I decided to swap it with x570 for two full speed lanes on both boot and game drive.
yeah these are really handy cards for lots of reasons
ANOTHER GREAT , SIMPLY EXPLAINED VIDEO.....BEST ON RUclips
Wow, thanks!
absolute legend. was struggling to allocate my secondary m.2. all done now, thanks. liked and subscribed.
Thanks for the sub!
NVMe drives are such a good invention!
Yes definitely
Thanks Mike. As usual -simple direct and relevant and useful. Great video. I believe there are also options where if you bought a new case with usb c IO front port but motherboard does not have this. There is a similar tool that can slot in and you connect your usb c port cable to it and boom it works.
yes that is right, there is a PCIe expansion card for most things now
I was wondering if this was invented yet and you were excellent at letting me know. Wow! Great news and thanks for such a clear and great video you put together!
Glad it was helpful!
I don’t believe sir that this method has worked for me. Respect. Following.
Awesome video. Very easy to follow instruction. Thank you very much. Liked and Subscribed.
thanks for the sub
This is super helpful if you’re like me and are looking for a way to use a secondary m.2 NVMe SSD on a board that has an m.2 slot that you can’t use because it’s PCIe 4 and you have a 10th Gen CPU. Great workaround, thanks!
it doesn't make a gen 3 slot or drive into a gen 4, think of it more as a pass though so it will use the highest gen it can depending on the slot it is attached to
@@mikesunboxing exactly, my board has 2 m.2 slots but only one is PCIe 4. Since I have a 10th Gen CPU that slot is disabled altogether, so I only have one working m.2 slot, the PCIe 3 one. But my board has 2 PCIex16 slots, so I can use the second one to install this m.2 drive slot and have a functioning NVMe drive for secondary storage. Much cheaper than upgrading to 11th Gen solely for the purpose of getting my other on board m.2 slot to work.
@@mikesunboxing or I could just go the SATA route but NVMe is so much more cost effective these days! Like they’re virtually the same price, can’t believe SATA drives haven’t dropped with the normalization of NVMe drives.
I have the ezdiy pcie gen 3 x4 board with a Sabrent Rocket4 500GB on it. Works very good, not as fast as if it was directly on my board, but still good. my read numbers are: 4773, 3008, 503, 55 and the write's: 2490, 2426, 350 and 123. Remember, these drives are Gen4 and are rated for 5000 and 2500. Maybe my board just works at PCIe gen4 even if listed as a Gen 3. The board is plugged in the second x16 slot on my motherboard (Msi x570 Tomahawk) so the bandwidth is there. Really useful for cloning drives, as onboard slots are a PITA to access when the computer is fully assembled. Now, if one of these cards could use tool less fixture...
Those seem like excellent speeds and I agree much more accessible in a smaller or more populated system
@@mikesunboxing And I have a WD sn850 1TB as a boot drive on the top m.2 slot on my motherboard. The read speed are: 6719, 4072 498, 74. The write goes: 5026, 5006,303,205. The revised version of the Sabrent, the Rocket 4Plus on the second m.2 slot goes for the reads: 5788, 2529, 466, 36 and the writes are 4959, 4750,309, 197. So, if you ever want a gen 4 ssd, go for the WD. I did not test the Samsung 980 serie as I don't have one for now, but I'm watching the deal! Both drives are 1 TB as they are normally faster than the 500 gb one's.
The tease with most motherboards is that many of the connectors are disabled if you use some of the others. My b550 board has 2 m.2 slots, 2 full size pc-e slots and 2 1x pcie slots.
If I use both m.2 slots and have a graphics cards - the 2nd full size pci-e and 1st 1x slot are both disabled. I can only use a 1x adapter in the 2nd 1x connecter
Thank you for all those information!!!
Great idea, there was a fan cooled addin card with 2 nvme slots supplied with my msi x570 creation mb,. These cards do work great.
i really need to get this installed in my editing rig so i can edit 4K without the lags
Ohhhhhhh, this is a good one Mike !!
thanks James, this is a handy bit of kit, and as bob mentioned and i totally overlooked, the option for cloning m.2 drives is going to be a big help as we become more and more m.2 focused for storage
Awesome lab/studio you have got!
Thanks 🙏
Thanks Mike, this was very great 💯🤜🏼🤛🏼 I was struggling, but thanks to you, everything works perfect 🔥💯
Glad it helped!
Nice video!!!now you have primary use windows 11?
i have windows 11 on the streaming / screen capture PC, the streaming laptop is still on 10 as is the video editing PC
@@mikesunboxing i like windows 11 more better snappy on gaming
Thank you!
First time adding an NVME drive and this helped a lot!! :-)
glad it helped
thank you, this really helped as I installed a secondary ssd and was like... what do i do next? haha
Glad it helped!
Great idea for using latest storage Mike. I assume the mb shown, A520M, would only benefit if it was APU and hence the pcie slot available. Therefore would it be fair to assume majority of ppl wud need an ATX sized board with Two pcie x16 slots? Thanks for the review and stay safe everyone👍
yes for MATX boards there is a limitation of having a second PCie 16x sized slot to use, and to be fair a lot of them do have that especially boards like the mortar etc.
For those with APUs this makes a lot of sense (maybe) 😎
Great idea! I've just received a couple Akasa card's, PCIe 3.0 X 4, for the 3 x16 slots jn my A520M DS3H/ 5600G and the Son's ' A320 / 3200G, both using integrated graphics. Pretty sure the son may wish to upgrade sometime in the future, but that will be another Mobo...
Will go for crucial P5plus drives PCI 4.0 NVME M.2's, as the one I have on the A520 already, has shown up in BIOS without issue (BIOS is as far as I've got). Also the write performance of the P5plus should match or slightly exceed PCIe 3 X 4, 4GB/s bandwidth ( not that I'm likely to stress it)
Thanks for your videos, very helpful.
Good video. Thanks.
Thanks for watching hope you stick around for more like this in future
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In a B450, the chipset driven slots will only be 2.0 - though 4 lanes of that should still be 2GB/s
should be enough for a quick fortnite update 😎
worked perfectly, thanks!
Glad to hear it , thanks for leaving a comment
Just an unrelated bit of Info..... For those of you who have a Corsair 4000X or 5000X you can now purchase the "Airflow" Front Panel from Corsair, (amongst other bits).
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Thanks for the info!
Hey Mike!
I have a graphics card at the spot where you installed the nvda what should I do?
you will need another slot, not much else you can do
thank you helped me a ton
Glad it helped!
Very nice video, thank you very much
Glad you liked it!
Glad Ur still at Mr Mike. Was going to ask about the 3.ox4 but you explained its disguised in a x16 slot i once tried adding m.2 but for some resom i was not getting the speeds i thought i would get so i never again tried maybe i added the Nvme in the wrong slot. Now i have a Asus Prime Z390-A wanted to add a 2TB Nvme too one of the slots hopefully it will work, does it have to be a specific PCiE i am buying a WD_BLACK 2TB SN770 NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280 what i don't know is if i need to pair to a certain Pcie Card and not just any Random one ? and thank you for the video.
you will need a PCIE 4 enabled motherboard and PCie slot for it to reach top speed or it will reduce down to gen 3 speeds
@@mikesunboxing : thank you Mike you always come through is 3.0 x 16 considered a PCIE Enabled Motherboard? i the Asus Prime Z390-A does have a 2 additional PCIE slots, you don't have to respond to my other question but i will ask which version of motherboards are considered PCIE 4 Enabled or capable motherboards? and Thank you again Mike hope UR RUclips channel continues to grow you been working hard at it.
@@ThisOLmaan for pcie gen 4 support you will need amd ryzen 3000 series on b550 or higher and intel 11th gen on b560 or higher
Hey Mike! Awesome video. If this second M.2 NVME Drive were configured on B450, do you think it'd be possible to boot from it?
it might if the motherboard also supports it
So Im unable to get my m.2 to show up at all in disk management OR the BIOS... i have a MSI B450 Gaming Plus motherboard and i heard you have to set the PCIE x16 slot to SSD/M.2 mode in the bios advanced settings but im not seeing that option anywhere... is there any way i can get this to show up. The LED light on the M.2 card is lit up.
what m.2 drive are you using
@@mikesunboxing Silicon Power 128GB A55 M.2 SSD from amazon
and its in a M.2 NVME to PCIe 3.0 x4 Adapter from MHQJRH also from amazon
I have it pluged into my lwoer PCIe x16 slot
@@L33T_Taco This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/gaeeDPw
What kind of power does this kind of adapter add to PC. Because over here electricity is very expensive so for a PC that's almost always one it can count up in a year.
not much at all
great video, ive been trying to find online if i could still use this if i already have 2 nvme drives slotted in my motherboard. its a msi b550 tomahawk, wasnt sure if there would be any issues using this method to have 3 nvme for storage?
Yes you can! as long as you cpu has enough PCIe lanes going to the motherboard ( it should have)
Hi, an excellent video! I have a question please. I have a B560M-A PRO board and I already have an m2 drive installed. The board only seems to have one slot. I have 970 evo plus id like to add to the system, can I get an adapter to make this 970 evo plus work?
The PCI bandwidth threw me a little.
you might have to connect up a USB drive to be honest or use a SATA drive
@@mikesunboxing thank you for the reply.
@@YamahaDan100 No problem 🙂
Is this compatible with gen4 PCIe? Or is there something similar that would work for a gen 4?
Also, does this adapter have any effect on the performance of the ssd?
yes it seems to be and there should not be any performance hit from the adapter
Thank you alot!!!!!
You're welcome!
hey, Mike. I have a B450. Can I do the NVme extension too?
Will it disable some of my sata ports? I read it somewhere that you can only use half of your sata ports if you decide to populate the 2nd pcie slot.
it will use some of the PCIe lanes in the system so depending on the board and processor it can take away lanes from other slots / ports
me whose gpu occupied the empty pcie slot ;_;
If only theres a way to reroute it
Hi Mike, all this new tech is messing with my head lol. i have an asus prime z370-aII board and running my win10 on my m.2 slot. i also run a couple of hdd's that lag when looking up files. i do have the pci m.2 slot but is this purely for storage or can i use it to speed up my system? i have intel optane slot also but that already appears end of life
it depends where your lag is coming from really. any system with a mechanical drive will experience some lag with HDD as they go into power saving mode and the wake time causes a lag
My Desktop PC has a Z490-F motherboard. I have an m.2 in the 2nd slot (first is covered by my gpu). Stuck between either putting the 2nd m.2 behind the gpu or using a pcie adapter. Would doing the later drop my gpu capabilties by sharing bandwidth?
it shouldn't do that
Would you be able to boot up from that ?
or is it gonna be another video ? ;)
yes you can the OS and motherboard will see it as a bootable drive
On newer boards yes , older boards won’t recognize the device as bootable without some serious work arounds.
For me it doesn't show new volume option, just covert to dynamic disk or mbr. but thank you! was wondering how to install something similar for the first time. Update: had to left click next to it and then it showed option for new simple volume :)
glad you got there in the end
@@mikesunboxing me too. Doesn’t read as much as advertised but oh well
@Mike hey mike quick question did you get a red light that turned on? On the PCIe adapter?
yes i think it did
@@mikesunboxing Thanks! 👍
I have what is required but I have just on top double ventilator GTX 1660 and I am not sure if this will constrain its airflow.
it might a little bit, what motherboard is it
sorry my motherboard is B460M-DS3H-AC. do you think I could do the same that you did in the video?
no you can't unless you don't use a GPU
Up to how many tbs can I add with NVME to PCI expansion cards? I'm going for 8 TB for my first build.
that should be fine
Is there some thing like that for older mainboards (lga775) ?
are you PCI and AGP on that or PCIe
@@mikesunboxing My new XP pc (LGA775) has PCI-E. but only one X16 lane. i did just look at it :-(
I wonder if you could boot from a NVME M.2, If you could. Would save so many old PCs that are Slow. 🙂
yes some motherboards will support that feature, but it isn't guaranteed
I cant use my other PCIE slots due to having a vertical mounted GPU.. is there a PCIE card that used a longer ribbon and the adapter board can be relocated in other area of the case?
you can get a PCIe extension cable and mount it vertically also
any way to extend the volume to this new drive? it's greyed out in my screen but I've seen it done before.
Maybe not sure though sorry not something I have ever tried
Hi, could you recommend a dual drive nvme model m key please?
I’ll see what I can find
@@mikesunboxing thanks Mike 👍
Do you have, or know of a video, about disk management? I feel like I overcomplicate it.
I currently have 3 drives, 2 SSD and a hdd. I have one SSD that is just my OS. Another that is only 250gb so I put what I'm currently playing on that, and the HDD is 1 TB, so I put everything else there.
But I've been wondering if I had a TB SSD would it matter if I had everything on one drive or if I should still separate the os from other stuff.
i just made a video on it, specifically from this comment, keep watching to find out more 👍🔥
@@mikesunboxing sweet, thanks!
@@SifuJavis Mike is editing it right now!
Thanks mike, what if the pci is your only hd? My device say no HD!
sorry i have no idea what that means, can you elaborate
Maybe I'm stupid, but I don't have this option for "unallocated." I bought a Samsung 980 Pro 2TB with the Sabrent NVMe M.2 SSD to PCIe X16 / X8 / X4 Card with Aluminium Heatsink (EC-PCIE). I'm using the MSI B550 Tomahawk and have it plugged into the second PCIe slot. Not sure what's wrong
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How do you add this when the graphics card is taking up that slot?
you need a motherboard that has an extra 4x sized slot
The Board you are showing only has 1 slot I asked where does the graphics card go, so you need a board with 2 or more slots.
thanks a lot.
No worries!
i only have 1 slot big enough and its currently occupied by my GPU. I however do have a spot on the motherboard labeled m.2 but it looks like there is no connector soldered on? How can I get one
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Is there any way to add two more NVME Drives using just one card in a single PCI Express slot?
you can get cards that will hold 4 drives but you need the PCIe bandwidth to use them all
Will these expansions affect the GPU? I have two NVMEs installed already and want a third. I bought an expansion card. I don't want to cause any issues. Suggestions?
depends on the motherboard and processor, there are only a certain amount of pcie lanes that can be used
@mikesunboxing 5900x and a 3090. I've already used up the two nvme slots, so I bought and expansion for PCIE. Thanks for answering me! Could really use help.
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Hi, im no tech person, would something like this work in a acer xc-1660? I'm desperately trying to add more storage. The part you use looks like it maybe too big for my unit as it is smaller. Many Thanks
It should do but will need to use the half height bracket
Do you get the same transfer speed of a ssd which you will get from plugging in directly?
you should do depending on the pcie slot you are using
@@mikesunboxing i have a gigabyte designare z390 will it work on that? Currently i have one RTX 2080SUPER and a RX 560 plugged in already. Can you check and tell me? Im little noob
I'm trying to do this and I'm having trouble with mine. I have a different PCIe card, but the concept should be the same right? I try to initialize but when I do, it tells me that the selected device is not available. I'm restarting now to see if that helps. :(
if you are on a B450 or B550 make sure you have enough PCIe lanes
will this adapter work when I used all of my M2 slots on the mainboard and want to add a 3rd NVMe SSD? MSI B550 Tomahawk
you will be sharing a lot of lanes so don't expect full speeds
Nah i just tested with axagon pcie adapter, if I put in the 2nd pcie slot the adapter and using the mobos slot (which shared with the pcie speed) it wont recognize the adapter's ssd in one time. Separetely working with no issues.
any solutions to do this on laptops? Because some laptops are now coming with one slot. yes I'm looking at you Dell G16!
not that i am aware of at the moment sorry
I'd love to see a product that would allow me to use more NVMe drives in my laptop, My laptop has an M.2 drive, and an additional 2.5 inch drive slot , which a couple years ago I intalled a Firecuda hybrid drive, and I loved it, but It's just not as good as an actual SSD or NVMe drive.
Does anyone know of any product that can convert that laptop 2.5 slot into an NVMe?
a good USB C nvme adapter will be a good idea
I have tried plugging in my m.2 to pcie but I don't get it showing another drive at all in the disk manager. I have a Z370 A pro motherboard.
GOT IT ^_^
working now?
Thanks
No problem
First of all it needs a 4x pcie slot for one nvme, so you only get 1 nvme as it is very rare to have an extra 8x pcie slot.
Is 500GB the limit ssd for this kind of method or can i buy an M.2 SSD up to 2TB or more?
4TB is the limit as far as i can see at the moment
@@mikesunboxing Thank You my Gigabyte motherboard only had 1 m.2 slot.
thanks =)
No problem!
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The real question is, how many drives can one of these handle?
I have two 1tb NVME drives on my mobo already, and I've got all my SATA drive slots filled with 512/1tb SSD's and a 4TB HDD.
I'd like to have the option later on of adding more NVME M.2 slots via a PCIe slot, though because I have a triple-slot GPU my PCIe 4x is super close to my GPU, so I'd like to use a flex cable. For these drives speed is less of an issue.
it can only use one drive, but there are dual and quad versions on amazon
I have asus h610mk board with rtx 3060ti , can i use this adapter?!!
no sorry the PCie isn't big enough
My GPU is too big. The expension won't fit because of that. You know any other method to have some extra space but with high speeds? I really don't want to use sata. That's really slow I heard.
no normal pc use you won't really notice the difference between SATA SSD and NVME
@@mikesunboxing Yeah but, I game a lot so I really want my game to boot fast. I got a 1TB M.2 NVMe in my pc now. I think the best option is to buy a faster 2TB M.2 NVMe and put the 1TB M.2 NVMe in a USB adapter. What you think of that?
I have a asus prime a520m-k motherboard with a RTX 2060 installed. How do I add an additional m 2 drive?
if you are already using the primary m.2 slot that is all you can do, you will have to use SATA drives for expansion
@@mikesunboxing ah ok. Thanks. Guess it's just a pitfall of purchasing a prebuilt 😞
Is this gonna support samsung ssd 860 evo m.2 ?? is there any adapter for this kind of ssd ?
this one won't sorry but there are m.2 SATA based controllers you can buy, if you struggle to find one let me know and i'll see if i can find a good one
@@mikesunboxing thanks for answering, I'm looking to add another ssd to my only m2 slot motherboard, as my main ssd is m2 sata seems like Dual M.2 PCIe Adapter, M.2 NVME Hard Disk Drive (M Key) o M.2 SATA Hard Disk Drive (B Key) is the answer , the pity is that the new added nvme will be on a sata cable 🤔
Is it compatible installing in a Mini ITX motherboard?
if the ITX board has a suitable PCIe slot yes
I know this is late, but after following installation, Disk mgt doesn't show unallocated ssd. ???
does the drive show at all in device manager
@@mikesunboxing No, nor in bios, nor with any tool I've tried. I also tried with a x1 and a X4 cpie.
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Can you boot from those adapters with nvme drive?
no sadly or at least not from most of them, it doesn't appear as a boot option on the boards i tested
Are there desktops motherboards that come with more than one m2 slot?
Yes lots do now and some have 3 or move
@@mikesunboxing can you please let me know which HP or Dell model desktops and laptops have - especially gen 4
can it be used for boot drive on a 450 motherboard?
i don't see why not
Does anyone know if this adaptor is compatible with the Asrock b450 pro 4 v2? I have a Kingston A2000 500gb m.2 ssd and want to add a Samsung 970 evo plus.
the bottom 16x slot will be okay
@@mikesunboxing Thanks. If I install this adaptor and the new ssd, will it affect the performance of the GPU? I read something about pcie lanes sharing bandwidth and if you use 2 pcie x 16 lanes then they both work at x8 speed.
Mine wont recognize in bios either windows, my mobo is nzxt n7 z490 :(
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What if only have one pcie-slot ?
then you have a choice to make, storage or gpu, or look at a usb caddy
does this need a heat sink and thermal pad?
not really depending on the drive you are using and the airflow around the drive
@@mikesunboxing awesome thanks for letting me know!
Can this additional storage be used for the OS?
depends on the motherboard and bios support, but really is for adding additional storage
If I add 2 more nvme pcie slots to the PC will disable ?
it might
Can this be done for laptop
no, you would need an external USB m.2 caddy
mine won't recognize in windows and bios. Motherboard B850M-E
not sure if that is a typo with the motherboard model
what if mine doesnt show up in disk management but shows in device manager
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@@mikesunboxing I ended up figuring it out. I accidently made a pool with it so it didn't show up in the disk management. Thank you so much tho!
@@Pcmustang12 Glad you got it sorted out :-)
But that's the GPU slot tho, not available.
Does anyone know if there's an expansion slot like that for PCIe gen 4, or must it be PCIe gen 3?
they probably is somewhere but it will be pretty expensive
@@mikesunboxing I appreciate the reply. I'll Google/Amazon around to if I can find one. I think I'll be into it as long as it's < $70 maybe.
The question is, where do i place my video card now?
you need more slots